期刊
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH
卷 99, 期 12, 页码 3238-3249出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.24969
关键词
EEG; interpersonal motor resonance; mirror neuron system; mu suppression; TMS
资金
- Deakin University Postgraduate Research Scholarship (DUPR)
- Australian Research Council [FT160100077]
In a study involving a large sample, it was found that the relationship between interpersonal motor resonance and mu suppression is weaker than previously believed, suggesting that they may be unrelated indices.
The mirror neuron system (MNS) has been theorized to play a neurobiological role in a number of social cognitive abilities and is commonly indexed putatively in humans via interpersonal motor resonance (IMR) and mu suppression. Although both indices are thought to measure similar neuronal populations (i.e., mirror neurons), it has been suggested that these methods are unrelated, and therefore, incompatible. However, prior studies reporting no relationships were typically conducted in small and underpowered samples. Thus, we aimed to investigate this potential association in a large sample of neurotypical adults (N = 116; 72 females). Participants underwent transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), electromyography (EMG), and electroencephalography (EEG) during the observation of videos of actors performing grasping actions in order to index IMR and mu suppression (in beta, lower alpha, and upper alpha bandwidths). A series of linear regressions revealed no associations between IMR and each of the mu suppression bandwidths. Supplementary Bayesian analyses provided further evidence in favor of the null (B-01 = 8.85-8.93), providing further support for no association between the two indices of MNS activity. Our findings suggest that these two measures may indeed be unrelated indices that perhaps assess different neurophysiological aspects of the MNS. These results have important implications for future studies examining the MNS.
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