Evaluation of the social motivation hypothesis of autism a systematic review and meta-analysis

JAMA Psychiatry

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2018, Pages 797-808

  Clements, Caitlin C ^a,b   Zoltowski, Alisa R ^a,c   Yankowitz, Lisa D ^a,b   Yerys, Benjamin E ^a   Schultz, Robert T ^a   Herrington, John D ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CINGULATE; AUTISM; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSENSUS; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DORSAL STRIATUM; EFFECT SIZE; EMBASE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MEDLINE; MOTIVATION; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCINFO; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REWARD; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL MOTIVATION HYPOTHESIS; SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; BRAIN; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; META ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; REINFORCEMENT;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; BRAIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOTIVATION; REINFORCEMENT, SOCIAL; REWARD;

EID: 85051011151     PISSN: 2168622X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2018.1100     Document Type: Conference Paper

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