Reduced reward-related neural response to mimicry in individuals with autism

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 610-618

  Hsu, Chun Ting ^a,c   Neufeld, Janina ^a,b   Chakrabarti, Bhismadev ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

autism; fMRI; mimicry; reward; social

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BIOLOGICAL MIMICRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FACE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VENTRAL STRIATUM; VISUAL STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMITATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REWARD; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VENTRAL STRIATUM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85023202665     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.13620     Document Type: Article

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