Common and distinct impacts of autistic traits and alexithymia on social reward

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Foulkes, Lucy ^a   Bird, Geoffrey ^b,c   Gökçen, Elif ^a   McCrory, Eamon ^a   Viding, Essi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTISM SPECTRUM QUOTIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REWARD; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL REWARD; SOCIAL REWARD QUESTIONNAIRE; TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE 20; ADOLESCENT; COMPLICATION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; AUTISTIC DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; REWARD; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928902426     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121018     Document Type: Article

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