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Peer reviewedMiller, Neal; Neuringer, Allen – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2000
Five adolescents with autism, 5 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. When reinforced, variability increased significantly in all…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Autism, Behavior Modification, Cognitive Development
