The social motivation theory of autism

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 231-239

  Chevallier, Coralie ^a   Kohls, Gregor ^a   Troiani, Vanessa ^a,b   Brodkin, Edward S ^c   Schultz, Robert T ^a,c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASES;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS; COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; EXECUTIVE DYSFUNCTIONS; SOCIAL MOTIVATIONS; THEORY OF MINDS;

MOTIVATION;

DOPAMINE; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; BRAIN REGION; EMOTION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; OXYTOCIN BLOOD LEVEL; PSYCHOLOGIST; REVIEW; REWARD; SENSE OF COHERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL MOTIVATION;

EID: 84859100043     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: 1879307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2012.02.007     Document Type: Review

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