Autistic adults show enhanced generosity to socially distant others
LAY ABSTRACT: Autistic people show differences in their social behaviour. But how autism affects decisions to share resources, an important part of cooperation, was previously unclear. In our study, participants made decisions about how to share money with different people, including people they felt close to, such as a friend, and people they felt less close to, such as a stranger. We found that compared to a group of non-autistic participants, autistic adults shared more money overall and this was driven by greater generosity to strangers. The results suggest that autistic adults were more generous because they made fair decisions (an equal split of the money) more consistently regardless of how close they felt to the person they were sharing with. By showing that autistic adults display greater generosity, our results could help to change public perceptions of autism and potentially improve opportunities for autistic people.
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E-Artikel |
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| Erscheinungsjahr: |
2024 |
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2024 |
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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:28 |
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Autism : the international journal of research and practice - 28(2024), 4 vom: 28. Apr., Seite 999-1009 |
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Englisch |
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| Beteiligte Personen: |
Forbes, Paul Ag [VerfasserIn] |
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Date Completed 01.04.2024 Date Revised 01.04.2024 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status MEDLINE |
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10.1177/13623613231190674 |
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