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Mirella Dapretto

Professor, UCLA Ahmanson-Lovelace Brain Mapping Center
Verified email at ucla.edu
Cited by 25313

The mirror neuron system and the consequences of its dysfunction

M Iacoboni, M Dapretto - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2006 - nature.com
The discovery of premotor and parietal cells known as mirror neurons in the macaque brain
that fire not only when the animal is in action, but also when it observes others carrying out …

[HTML][HTML] Neural signatures of autism spectrum disorders: insights into brain network dynamics

…, SA Green, S Bookheimer, M Dapretto - …, 2015 - nature.com
Neuroimaging investigations of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) have advanced our
understanding of atypical brain function and structure, and have recently converged on a model of …

The autism brain imaging data exchange: towards a large-scale evaluation of the intrinsic brain architecture in autism

…, M Assaf, SY Bookheimer, M Dapretto… - Molecular …, 2014 - nature.com
Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) represent a formidable challenge for psychiatry and
neuroscience because of their high prevalence, lifelong nature, complexity and substantial …

Understanding emotions in others: mirror neuron dysfunction in children with autism spectrum disorders

M Dapretto, MS Davies, JH Pfeifer, AA Scott… - Nature …, 2006 - nature.com
To examine mirror neuron abnormalities in autism, high-functioning children with autism
and matched controls underwent fMRI while imitating and observing emotional expressions. …

Development of a definition of postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection

…, HL Curry, V D'Sa, SG Dabney, CL Daniel, M Dapretto… - Jama, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance SARS-CoV-2 infection is associated with persistent, relapsing, or new symptoms
or other health effects occurring after acute infection, termedpostacute sequelae of SARS-…

The Power of the Like in Adolescence: Effects of Peer Influence on Neural and Behavioral Responses to Social Media

…, PM Greenfield, M Dapretto - Psychological …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
We investigated a unique way in which adolescent peer influence occurs on social media.
We developed a novel functional MRI (fMRI) paradigm to simulate Instagram, a popular social …

Image processing and analysis methods for the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study

…, D Prouty, K Uban, SY Bookheimer, M Dapretto… - Neuroimage, 2019 - Elsevier
The Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study is an ongoing, nationwide
study of the effects of environmental influences on behavioral and brain development in …

[PDF][PDF] Form and content: dissociating syntax and semantics in sentence comprehension

M Dapretto, SY Bookheimer - Neuron, 1999 - cell.com
The distinction between syntax (sentence form) and semantics (sentence meaning) is
fundamental to our thinking about language. Whether and where this distinction is represented at …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancing studies of the connectome in autism using the autism brain imaging data exchange II

…, BB Braden, L Byrge, FX Castellanos, M Dapretto… - Scientific data, 2017 - nature.com
The second iteration of the Autism Brain Imaging Data Exchange (ABIDE II) aims to enhance
the scope of brain connectomics research in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Consistent …

Mirroring others' emotions relates to empathy and interpersonal competence in children

JH Pfeifer, M Iacoboni, JC Mazziotta, M Dapretto - Neuroimage, 2008 - Elsevier
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, intentions, and emotions …