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SUBMITTER: de Guzman M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4685524 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences 20160101 1686
We review the evidence that an ability to achieve a precise balance between representing the self and representing other people is crucial in social interaction. This ability is required for imitation, perspective-taking, theory of mind and empathy; and disruption to this ability may contribute to the symptoms of clinical and sub-clinical conditions, including autism spectrum disorder and mirror-touch synaesthesia. Moving beyond correlational approaches, a recent intervention study demonstrated ...[more]