Social motivation in infancy is associated with familial recurrence of ASD.
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DOI: 10.1017/s0954579422001006
Abstract: Pre-diagnostic deficits in social motivation are hypothesized to contribute to autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a heritable neurodevelopmental condition. We evaluated psychometric properties of a social motivation index (SMI) using parent-report item-level data from 597 participants… read more here.
Keywords: social motivation; familial asd; smi scores; motivation ... See more keywords