Preserved reward outcome processing in ASD as revealed by event-related potentials

Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  McPartland, James C ^a   Crowley, Michael J ^a   Perszyk, Danielle R ^a   Mukerji, Cora E ^a   Naples, Adam J ^a   Wu, Jia ^a   Mayes, Linda C ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; EEG; Electroencephalography; ERP; Event related potentials; Feedback related negativity; Medial frontal negativity; Reward processing

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REWARD; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL STATUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

EID: 84863915072     PISSN: 18661947     EISSN: 18661955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1866-1955-4-16     Document Type: Article

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