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Social decision making is often challenging for autistic individuals. Twenty autistic adolescents made decisions in the socially interactive context of a one-shot ultimatum game, and performance was compared to a large matched typical reference sample. Theory of mind, executive functioning and emotion regulation were measured via direct assessments, self- and parent report. Relative to the reference sample, autistic adolescents proposed fewer fair offers, and this was associated with poorer theory of mind. Autistic adolescents responded similarly to the reference sample when making decisions about offers proposed to them, however they did not appear to down regulate their negative emotion in response to unfair treatment in the same way. Atypical processes may underpin even apparently typical decisions made by autistic adolescents.
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In accordance with the wishes of many members of the autism community, we use identity first (i.e., ‘autsitic person’) rather than person first (‘i.e., person with autism’) language (Kenny et al. 2016).
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We acknowledge the valuable contributions of the research participants, and the schools in the north of Ireland that supported the work. We also acknowledge the contribution of Emma Catterson, Eavan Hennessey and Ruth Shields in supporting the collection of data from the typical comparison group. The modified paradigm was piloted as a part of a Marie Curie Fellowship awarded to KW under the European Commission’s seventh framework programme (PIOF-GA-2009-252877), and supported with work by Raj Seraya Bhatoa and Eleanor Callaghan.
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Woodcock, K.A., Cheung, C., González Marx, D. et al. Social Decision Making in Autistic Adolescents: The Role of Theory of Mind, Executive Functioning and Emotion Regulation. J Autism Dev Disord 50, 2501–2512 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-019-03975-5
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