Mimetic desire in autism spectrum disorder

Molecular Autism

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-6

  Forgeot D'Arc, Baudouin ^a,b,g   Vinckier, Fabien ^c,d   Lebreton, Maël ^c,f   Soulières, Isabelle ^a,e   Mottron, Laurent ^a,b   Pessiglione, Mathias ^c,f  

^a Centre Integre Universitaire de Sante et de Services Sociaux du Nord de i'Lle de Montreal   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^f SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^g Hopital Riviere des Prairies   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autism; Brain valuation system; Mimetic desire; Mirror neuron system; Restricted interests; Social cognition; Social influence; Social motivation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL TASK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SOCIAL ANHEDONIA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL JUDGMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84994141147     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20402392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13229-016-0107-7     Document Type: Article

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