Neural mechanisms of improvements in social motivation after pivotal response treatment: Two case studies

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-10

  Voos, Avery C ^a,b   Pelphrey, Kevin A ^a   Tirrell, Jonathan ^a   Bolling, Danielle Z ^a   Wyk, Brent Vander ^a   Kaiser, Martha D ^a   McPartland, James C ^a   Volkmar, Fred R ^a   Ventola, Pamela ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; fMRI; Intervention; Outcome; Pivotal response treatment

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW REVISED; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC OBSERVATION SCHEDULE; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EVALUATION OF LANGUAGE FUNDAMENTAL PRESCHOOL SECOND EDITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL ABILITIES SCALE SECOND EDITION; DIFFERENTIAL ABILITY SCALE II; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NERVE POTENTIAL; PIVOTAL RESPONSE TREATMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STIMULUS; VINELAND ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR SCALE II;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BRAIN; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84872281482     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-012-1683-9     Document Type: Article

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