Editing Mirror neuron (section)

=== Mirror neuron function, psychosis, and empathy in schizophrenia ===

Recent research, which measured mu-wave suppression, suggests that mirror neuron activity is positively correlated with psychotic symptoms (i.e., greater mu suppression/mirror neuron activity was highest among subjects with the greater severity of psychotic symptoms). Researchers concluded that "higher mirror neuron activity may be the underpinning of schizophrenia sensory gating deficits and may contribute to sensory misattributions particularly in response to socially relevant stimuli, and be a putative mechanism for delusions and hallucinations."<ref name="pmid22510432">{{cite journal | vauthors = McCormick LM, Brumm MC, Beadle JN, Paradiso S, Yamada T, Andreasen N | title = Mirror neuron function, psychosis, and empathy in schizophrenia | journal = Psychiatry Research | volume = 201 | issue = 3 | pages = 233–239 | date = March 2012 | pmid = 22510432 | pmc = 3545445 | doi = 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2012.01.004 }}</ref>