Reputation Management in Children on the Autism Spectrum

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 3798-3811

  Cage, Eilidh ^a,b   Bird, Geoffrey ^c,d   Pellicano, Elizabeth ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autism; Inhibitory control; Reciprocity; Reputation management; Social motivation; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THEORY OF MIND; ADOLESCENT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN RELATION; INDIVIDUALITY; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84989170568     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-016-2923-1     Document Type: Article

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