Autism does not Dictate Children's Lack of Sharing in a Prosocial Choice Test.

We presented 18 neurotypical children and 33 children with autism with the Dictator Game. Children had the opportunity to allocate toys in recipient present and absent conditions. Both groups donated more items in the recipient present versus absent condition and chose the prosocial option at above chance levels. Children with autism behave as prosocially as neurotypical children do in this paradigm. PMID: 32892236 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders - September 4, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Townsend L, Robeson A, Vonk J, Rohrbeck K Tags: J Autism Dev Disord Source Type: research