Diminished social reward anticipation in the broad autism phenotype as revealed by event-related brain potentials

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1357-1364

  Cox, Anthony ^a   Kohls, Gregor ^b   Naples, Adam J ^a   Mukerji, Cora E ^c   Coffman, Marika C ^d   Rutherford, Helena J V ^a   Mayes, Linda C ^a   McPartland, James C ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Broad autism phenotype; ERPs; Reward; Social motivation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTENTION; AUTISM; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; REWARD; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY OF MIND;

ADULT; ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHENOTYPE; REWARD; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84943748988     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsv024     Document Type: Article

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