Temporal discounting of monetary rewards in children and adolescents with ADHD and autism spectrum disorders

Developmental Science

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 791-800

  Demurie, Ellen ^a   Roeyers, Herbert ^a   Baeyens, Dieter ^b   Sonuga Barke, Edmund ^a,c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Lessius University College   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REWARD; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; AREA UNDER CURVE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; REWARD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84868193216     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2012.01178.x     Document Type: Article

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