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Mirror neuron system: basic findings and clinical applications by Iacoboni, Marco, Mazziotta, John C.

“…In primates, ventral premotor and rostral inferior parietal neurons fire during the execution of hand and mouth actions. Some cells (called mirror neurons)…”
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Neural Mechanisms of Empathy in Humans: A Relay from Neural Systems for Imitation to Limbic Areas by Carr, Laurie, Iacoboni, Marco, Dubeau, Marie-Charlotte, Mazziotta, John C., Lenzi, Gian Luigi

“…How do we empathize with others? A mechanism according to which action representation modulates emotional activity may provide an essential functional…”
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Mirroring others' emotions relates to empathy and interpersonal competence in children by Pfeifer, Jennifer H., Iacoboni, Marco, Mazziotta, John C., Dapretto, Mirella

“…The mirror neuron system (MNS) has been proposed to play an important role in social cognition by providing a neural mechanism by which others' actions,…”
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Bias between MNI and Talairach coordinates analyzed using the ICBM-152 brain template by Lancaster, Jack L., Tordesillas-Gutiérrez, Diana, Martinez, Michael, Salinas, Felipe, Evans, Alan, Zilles, Karl, Mazziotta, John C., Fox, Peter T.

“…MNI coordinates determined using SPM2 and FSL/FLIRT with the ICBM‐152 template were compared to Talairach coordinates determined using a landmark‐based…”
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Grasping the intentions of others with one's own mirror neuron system by Iacoboni, Marco, Molnar-Szakacs, Istvan, Gallese, Vittorio, Buccino, Giovanni, Mazziotta, John C, Rizzolatti, Giacomo

“…Understanding the intentions of others while watching their actions is a fundamental building block of social behavior. The neural and functional mechanisms…”
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Entering Adolescence: Resistance to Peer Influence, Risky Behavior, and Neural Changes in Emotion Reactivity by Pfeifer, Jennifer H., Masten, Carrie L., Moore, William E., Oswald, Tasha M., Mazziotta, John C., Iacoboni, Marco, Dapretto, Mirella

“…Adolescence is often described as a period of heightened reactivity to emotions paired with reduced regulatory capacities, a combination suggested to…”
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Cortical Mechanisms of Human Imitation by Iacoboni, Marco, Woods, Roger P., Brass, Marcel, Bekkering, Harold, Mazziotta, John C., Rizzolatti, Giacomo

“…How does imitation occur? How can the motor plans necessary for imitating an action derive from the observation of that action? Imitation may be based on a…”
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Neural correlates of social exclusion during adolescence: understanding the distress of peer rejection by Masten, Carrie L., Eisenberger, Naomi I., Borofsky, Larissa A., Pfeifer, Jennifer H., McNealy, Kristin, Mazziotta, John C., Dapretto, Mirella

“…Developmental research has demonstrated the harmful effects of peer rejection during adolescence; however, the neural mechanisms responsible for this salience…”
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Atlas-guided tract reconstruction for automated and comprehensive examination of the white matter anatomy by Zhang, Yajing, Zhang, Jiangyang, Oishi, Kenichi, Faria, Andreia V., Jiang, Hangyi, Li, Xin, Akhter, Kazi, Rosa-Neto, Pedro, Pike, G. Bruce, Evans, Alan, Toga, Arthur W., Woods, Roger, Mazziotta, John C., Miller, Michael I., van Zijl, Peter C.M., Mori, Susumu

“…Tractography based on diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is widely used to quantitatively analyze the status of the white matter anatomy in a tract-specific manner…”
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Cracking the Language Code: Neural Mechanisms Underlying Speech Parsing by McNealy, Kristin, Mazziotta, John C, Dapretto, Mirella

“…Word segmentation, detecting word boundaries in continuous speech, is a critical aspect of language learning. Previous research in infants and adults…”
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Digital reconstruction and morphometric analysis of human brain arterial vasculature from magnetic resonance angiography by Wright, Susan N., Kochunov, Peter, Mut, Fernando, Bergamino, Maurizio, Brown, Kerry M., Mazziotta, John C., Toga, Arthur W., Cebral, Juan R., Ascoli, Giorgio A.

“…Characterization of the complex branching architecture of cerebral arteries across a representative sample of the human population is important for diagnosing,…”
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Patterns of Brain Activation in People at Risk for Alzheimer's Disease by Bookheimer, Susan Y, Strojwas, Magdalena H, Cohen, Mark S, Saunders, Ann M, Pericak-Vance, Margaret A, Mazziotta, John C, Small, Gary W

“…Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia late in life, affecting approximately 8 percent of people who are 65 years of age or older. 1…”
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Functional Segregation within Pars Opercularis of the Inferior Frontal Gyrus: Evidence from fMRI Studies of Imitation and Action Observation by Molnar-Szakacs, Istvan, Iacoboni, Marco, Koski, Lisa, Mazziotta, John C.

“…Recent neuroimaging studies have suggested that the inferior frontal gyrus (IFG) is important for action observation and imitation. In order to further explore…”
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The essential role of Broca's area in imitation by Heiser, Marc, Iacoboni, Marco, Maeda, Fumiko, Marcus, Jake, Mazziotta, John C.

“…The posterior sector of Broca's area (Brodmann area 44), a brain region critical for language, may have evolved from neurons active during observation and…”
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Modulating emotional responses: effects of a neocortical network on the limbic system by Hariri, Ahmad R, Bookheimer, Susan Y, Mazziotta, John C

“…Humans share with animals a primitive neural system for processing emotions such as fear and anger. Unlike other animals, humans have the unique ability to…”
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PET imaging of neuropathology in tauopathies: progressive supranuclear palsy by Kepe, Vladimir, Bordelon, Yvette, Boxer, Adam, Huang, Sung-Cheng, Liu, Jie, Thiede, Frederick C, Mazziotta, John C, Mendez, Mario F, Donoghue, Natacha, Small, Gary W, Barrio, Jorge R

“…Currently [18F]FDDNP is the only PET imaging probe with the ability to visualize hyperphosphorylated tau fibrillar aggregates in living subjects. In this work,…”
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Modulation of Cortical Activity During Different Imitative Behaviors by Koski, Lisa, Iacoboni, Marco, Dubeau, Marie-Charlotte, Woods, Roger P, Mazziotta, John C

“…  1 Ahmanson-Lovelace Brain Mapping Center, Neuropsychiatric Institute, Departments of   2 Neurology,   3 Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences,   4…”
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Neural Reactivity to Emotional Faces May Mediate the Relationship Between Childhood Empathy and Adolescent Prosocial Behavior by Flournoy, John C., Pfeifer, Jennifer H., Moore, William E., Tackman, Allison M., Masten, Carrie L., Mazziotta, John C., Iacoboni, Marco, Dapretto, Mirella

“…Reactivity to others' emotions not only can result in empathie concern (EC), an important motivator of prosocial behavior, but can also result in personal…”
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The neural basis of speech parsing in children and adults by McNealy, Kristin, Mazziotta, John C., Dapretto, Mirella

“…Word segmentation, detecting word boundaries in continuous speech, is a fundamental aspect of language learning that can occur solely by the computation of…”
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Reafferent Copies of Imitated Actions in the Right Superior Temporal Cortex by Iacoboni, Marco, Koski, Lisa M., Brass, Marcel, Bekkering, Harold, Woods, Roger P., Dubeau, Marie-Charlotte, Mazziotta, John C., Rizzolatti, Giacomo

“…Imitation is a complex phenomenon, the neural mechanisms of which are still largely unknown. When individuals imitate an action that already is present in…”
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