Reward-Based decision making and electrodermal responding by young children with autism spectrum disorders during a gambling task

Autism Research

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 494-505

  Faja, Susan ^a   Murias, Michael ^a   Beauchaine, Theodore P ^b   Dawson, Geraldine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Decision making; Electrodermal response; Executive function; Internalizing; Repetitive behavior; Reward

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW REVISED; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC OBSERVATION SCHEDULE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; GAMBLING; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; RITUAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPY;

AUTISM; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; INTERNALIZING; REPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; REWARD;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; REWARD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84890804204     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.1307     Document Type: Article

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