Decreased reward value of biological motion among individuals with autistic traits

Cognition

Volumn 171, Issue , 2018, Pages 1-9

  Williams, Elin H ^a   Cross, Emily S ^a,b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; Autistic traits; Biological motion; Human motion; Reward value; Social motivation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT; MOTIVATION; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOTIVATION; REWARD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85032722804     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: 18737838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2017.10.017     Document Type: Article

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