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Classical social reward signatures in infants with later ASD

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 July 2019

Teodora Gliga Open the ORCID record for Teodora Gliga [Opens in a new window]  and
Mayada Elsabbagh
Teodora Gliga
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Department of Psychology, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom. T.Gliga@uea.ac.ukhttps://people.uea.ac.uk/en/persons/t-gliga Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, H3A 2B4
Mayada Elsabbagh
Affiliation:
School of Psychology, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom. mayada.elsabbagh@mcgill.ca
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Abstract

Autistic individuals can be socially motivated. We disagree with the idea that self-report is sufficient to understand their social drive. Instead, we underscore evidence for typical non-verbal signatures of social reward during the early development of autistic individuals. Instead of focusing on whether or not social motivation is typical, research should investigate the factors that modulate social drives.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 42 , 2019 , e92
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