Autistic Traits Moderate the Impact of Reward Learning on Social Behaviour

Autism Research

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 471-479

  Panasiti, Maria Serena ^a,b,c   Puzzo, Ignazio ^a,d   Chakrabarti, Bhismadev ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Empathy; Prosocial behaviour; Reward

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYBERBALL GAME; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLICIT ASSOCIATION TASK; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOR; REWARD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADOLESCENT; LEARNING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; REWARD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940206660     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.1523     Document Type: Article

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