Being versus appearing socially uninterested: Challenging assumptions about social motivation in autism

Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue , 2019, Pages

  Jaswal, Vikram K ^a   Akhtar, Nameera ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

autism; echolalia; eye contact; firsthand accounts; motor stereotypies; pointing; social interest; social motivation; testimony

Indexed keywords

EID: 85048807329     PISSN: 0140525X     EISSN: 14691825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X18001826     Document Type: Article

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