Reduced behavioral flexibility in autism spectrum disorders

Neuropsychology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 152-160

  D'Cruz, Anna Maria ^a   Ragozzino, Michael E ^a   Mosconi, Matthew W ^b   Shrestha, Sunil ^b   Cook, Edwin H ^a   Sweeney, John A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Behavioral flexibility; Restricted and repetitive behaviors; Reversal learning

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISSOCIATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84881012376     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: 19311559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031721     Document Type: Article

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