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Mu wave suppression is thought to accompany the activation of the mirror neuron system which occurs when a human observes or imitates the behavior of others. We verified the hypothesis whether imaging others’ action caused a greater degree of activation of the mu suppression than observing others’ action. We also compared a degree of mu suppression between male and female. The results demonstrate a possible difference in mirror neuron system activation between observation and imagination as suggested by mu wave activation levels. Although previous research had shown a gender difference in mu suppression during observing the moving other’s hand, the suppression was similar across genders in this study.
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Ogoshi, S., Ogoshi, Y., Takezawa, T., Mitsuhashi, Y. (2013). An Examination of Gender Differences in Mu Rhythm of the Mirror-Neuron System during the Imagination of Observed Action. In: Imamura, K., Usui, S., Shirao, T., Kasamatsu, T., Schwabe, L., Zhong, N. (eds) Brain and Health Informatics. BHI 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 8211. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02753-1_49
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