Understanding self-reported difficulties in decision-making by people with autism spectrum disorders.

ABSTRACT: Autobiographical accounts and a limited research literature suggest that adults with autism spectrum disorders can experience difficulties with decision-making. We examined whether some of the difficulties they describe correspond to quantifiable differences in decision-making when compared to adults in the general population. The participants (38 intellectually able adults with autism spectrum disorders and 40 neurotypical adults) were assessed on three tasks of decision-making (Iowa Gambling Task, Cambridge Gamble Task and Information Sampling Task), which quantified, respectively, decision-making performance and relative attention to negative and positive outcomes, speed and flexibility, and information sampling. As a caution, all analyses were repeated with a subset of participants ( n

SUBMITTER: Vella L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6795545 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature