Neural mechanisms of negative reinforcement in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders

Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Damiano, Cara R ^a,b   Cockrell, Dillon C ^a,c   Dunlap, Kaitlyn ^d   Hanna, Eleanor K ^b,e   Miller, Stephanie ^b,f   Bizzell, Joshua ^b,d   Kovac, Megan ^f   Turner Brown, Lauren ^b,f   Sideris, John ^f   Kinard, Jessica ^b   Dichter, Gabriel S ^a,b,d  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA TECH CARILION SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders (ASD); Negative reinforcement; Reward loss; Reward motivation; Reward processing; Social motivation

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; AMPHETAMINE PLUS DEXAMPHETAMINE; ARIPIPRAZOLE; CLONAZEPAM; CLONIDINE; DEXMETHYLPHENIDATE; FLUOXETINE; GUANFACINE; LISDEXAMFETAMINE; RISPERIDONE; SERTRALINE; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN FUNCTION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; MONEY; MOTIVATION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; REINFORCEMENT; SOCIAL NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENT; STRIATE CORTEX;

EID: 84988624245     PISSN: 18661947     EISSN: 18661955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s11689-015-9107-8     Document Type: Article

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