Social and monetary reward processing in autism spectrum disorders

Social and monetary reward processing in autism spectrum disorders

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Social motivation theory suggests that deficits in social reward processing underlie social impairments in autism spectrum disorders (ASD). However, the extent to which abnormalities in reward processing generalize to other classes o...

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Main Authors: Delmonte Sonja, Balsters Joshua H, McGrath Jane, Fitzgerald Jacqueline, Brennan Sean, Fagan Andrew J, Gallagher Louise
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-09-01
Series:Molecular Autism
Subjects:
Autism
Reward
Social motivation
Striatum
Functional magnetic resonance imaging
fMRI
Online Access:http://www.molecularautism.com/content/3/1/7

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