Adults with autism show increased sensitivity to outcomes at low error rates during decision-making

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1279-1288

  Minassian, Arpi ^a   Paulus, Martin ^a   Lincoln, Alan ^b   Perry, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autistic disorder; Cognition; Decision making; Executive functioning; Perseveration; Reinforcement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; COGNITION DISORDERS; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; SEX FACTORS; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 35148884801     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-006-0278-8     Document Type: Article

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