![]() In addition to the possible consequences in the mirror neurons systems on younger siblings of patients with autistic spectrum disorders while observing their behaviors. īecause mirror neurons depend on the actions of others to stimulate new abilities, they seem to be a key element on autistic spectrum disorders. Simpson et al., in their review, observed how the imitation of neonates at one month of birth is related to an adequate functioning of the mirror neuron system, thus they infer that the observation of neonatal imitation behavior could help as a predictor of the infant performance in his or her subsequent psychomotor development. The mirror neurons system is feed backed by the observation of the acts. ![]() Imitation of activities by the infant depends on the notion of the infant regarding a future response from the grown-ups. The development of motor abilities intervenes on the development of perceptual abilities. So, a feedback is generated in the infant with more stimuli and behavior modification subsequently the child adapts the velocity of movements and improves their dexterity (fine motor ability) . This activities are repeated without intention by the infant until he or she learns to structure them in relation to the environment surrounding him or her. When growing up the infant is exposed to more visual-sensorial stimuli, observing activities that he/she deconstructs to repeat in order to reach a goal. The disruption of this activity has been declared by some authors an early sign of autism specter disorder applying on a practical scale the broken mirror theory which says that the disruptions of the mirror neuron system are the cause of the autism specter disorder. This imitation even though not fully conscious is not a reflex since it is remembered by the infant and allows the improvement of the posterior interaction with his or her parents in each new stimulus. ĭuring the neonatal period mirror neurons functions can be noticed, by observing the gesticulation of the lips and tongue of the neonate as a response to the parents´ stimuli. ![]() ![]() describe the mirror neuron system as a group of neurons located in the ventral premotor cortex and inferior parietal lobule a system stimulated by our own activities and by the observation of similar activities done by others, with the purpose of facilitating the integration of ourselves with the environment. The diversity of functions in neural networks allows to explain the visual-sensorial integration capacity with the motor codification giving rise to the hypothesis of direct coupling (Rizzolatti et al. 2001), suggesting we understand actions and intentions as we map the visual-auditory representation of the activity through our motor representation of the same activity . Such changes are originated for the purpose of guarantying an efficient interaction with the environment and are due to the ability of the neural networks to do multitasking. This system is exposed to external and internal factors from the perinatal period that posteriorly to conception, generate epigenetic changes that affect the brain neuroplasticity. It is considered that since child-birth the brain of the infant possesses a mirror neuron system . ![]() Aristotle once said “ imitation is connatural to men” ![]()
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