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  2. Congenital mirror movement disorder - Wikipedia

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    involuntary mirror movements that are generally of lesser amplitude compared with voluntary movements; predominant mirror movement in upper limbs, with increasing severity in more distal appendages (fingers) inability to perform tasks requiring skilled bimanual coordination; occasional pain in the upper limbs during prolonged manual activities ...

  3. Mirroring - Wikipedia

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    When parents mirror their infants, the action may help the child develop a greater sense of self-awareness and self-control, as they can see their emotions within their parent's faces. Additionally, infants may learn and experience new emotions, facial expressions, and gestures by mirroring expressions that their parents utilize. The process of ...

  4. Mirror stage - Wikipedia

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    A toddler and a mirror. The mirror stage (French: stade du miroir) is a concept in the psychoanalytic theory of Jacques Lacan.The mirror stage is based on the belief that infants recognize themselves in a mirror (literal) or other symbolic contraption which induces apperception (the turning of oneself into an object that can be viewed by the child from outside themselves) from the age of about ...

  5. Saccade - Wikipedia

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    Trace of saccades of the human eye on a face while scanning Saccades during observation of a picture on a computer screen. In vision science, a saccade (/ s ə ˈ k ɑː d / sə-KAHD; French:; French for 'jerk') is a quick, simultaneous movement of both eyes between two or more phases of focal points in the same direction. [1]

  6. Mirror neuron - Wikipedia

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    In these monkeys, mirror neurons are found in the inferior frontal gyrus (region F5) and the inferior parietal lobule. [1] Mirror neurons are believed to mediate the understanding of other animals' behaviour. For example, a mirror neuron which fires when the monkey rips a piece of paper would also fire when the monkey sees a person rip paper ...

  7. Primitive reflexes - Wikipedia

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    For example, children with learning difficulties have been found to exhibit persistent primitive reflexes. [25] In addition, a persistent ATNR has been found to be associated with lower reading and spelling scores, [26] and children with reading problems tend to display the tonic labyrinthine reflex more than children without reading problems. [27]

  8. Mirror therapy - Wikipedia

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    Mirror therapy (MT) or mirror visual feedback (MVF) is a therapy for pain or disability that affects one side of the patient more than the other side. It was invented by Vilayanur S. Ramachandran to treat post-amputation patients who had phantom limb pain (PLP).

  9. General movements assessment - Wikipedia

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    A general movements assessment is a type of medical assessment used in the diagnosis of cerebral palsy, [1] and is particularly used to follow up high-risk neonatal cases. [2] The general movements assessment involves measuring movements that occur spontaneously among those less than four months of age and appears to be most accurate test for ...