Adults with autism spectrum disorders exhibit decreased sensitivity to reward parameters when making effort-based decisions

Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Damiano, Cara R ^a   Aloi, Joseph ^a   Treadway, Michael ^b,c   Bodfish, James W ^d   Dichter, Gabriel S ^a,d  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; Decision making; Dopamine; Motivation; Reward

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EFFORT BASED DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MONEY; PROBABILITY; REWARD; TASK PERFORMANCE; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

EID: 84863910289     PISSN: 18661947     EISSN: 18661955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1866-1955-4-13     Document Type: Article

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