Domain-general and domain-specific aspects of temporal discounting in children with ADHD and autism spectrum disorders (ASD): A proof of concept study

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1870-1880

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

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Thomas More University College   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ADHD; Autism spectrum disorder; Domain effect; Reward processing; Temporal reward discounting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMAIN EFFECT; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERIAL REWARD; MONEY; PRAISE; REWARD; REWARDING ACTIVITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL REWARD; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL DISCOUNTING;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REWARD;

EID: 84876331355     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2013.03.011     Document Type: Article

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