A Virtual Joy-Stick Study of Emotional Responses and Social Motivation in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 3891-3899

  Kim, Kwanguk ^a,c   Rosenthal, M Zachary ^b   Gwaltney, Mary ^a   Jarrold, William ^a   Hatt, Naomi ^a   McIntyre, Nancy ^a   Swain, Lindsay ^a   Solomon, Marjorie ^a   Mundy, Peter ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^d Social Attention and Virtual reality Lab   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotional accuracy; High function Autism Spectrum Disorder; Interpersonal distance; Reward sensitivity; Social motivation; Virtual avatar

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANGER; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; DISGUST; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SADNESS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIRTUAL REALITY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CHILD; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84947862921     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-014-2036-7     Document Type: Article

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