Investigating interoception and body awareness in adults with and without autism spectrum disorder

Autism Research

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 709-716

  Fiene, Lisa ^a   Brownlow, Charlotte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

ASD; Asperger's syndrome; Autism; body awareness; hunger; interoception; temperature; thirst

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BODY AWARENESS; BODY AWARENESS QUESTIONNAIRE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNGER; INTEROCEPTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SATIETY; TEMPERATURE SENSE; THIRST; THIRST AWARENESS SCALE;

EID: 84978731068     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.1486     Document Type: Article

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