Reinforcing variability adolescents with autism

Submitted by Jason Rutter on Wed, 21/03/2007 - 16:17.

Publication Type		Journal Article
Year of Publication		2000
Authors		Miller,N; Neuringer,A
Journal Title		Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
Volume		33
Pagination		151-165
Abstract		Five adolescents with autism, 5 adult control participants, and 4 child controls received rewards for varying their sequences of responses while playing a computer game. In preceding and following phases, rewards were provided at approximately the same rate but were independent of variability. The most important finding was that, when reinforced, variability increased significantly in all groups. Reinforced variability could provide the necessary behavioral substrate for individuals with autism to learn new responses.

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