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SUBMITTER: Filippi CA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4875827 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Filippi Courtney A CA Cannon Erin N EN Fox Nathan A NA Thorpe Samuel G SG Ferrari Pier F PF Woodward Amanda L AL
Psychological science 20160412 5
The current study harnessed the variability in infants' neural and behavioral responses as a novel method for evaluating the potential relations between motor system activation and social behavior. We used electroencephalography (EEG) to record neural activity as 7-month-old infants observed and responded to the actions of an experimenter. To determine whether motor system activation predicted subsequent imitation behavior, we assessed event-related desynchronization (ERD) at central sites durin ...[more]