Decision flexibilities in autism spectrum disorder: an fMRI study of moral dilemmas.

ABSTRACT: People make flexible decisions across a wide range of contexts to resolve social or moral conflicts. Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) frequently report difficulties in such behaviors, which hinders the flexibility in changing strategies during daily activities or adjustment of perspective during communication. However, the underlying mechanisms of this issue are insufficiently understood. This study aimed to investigate decision flexibility in ASD using a functional magnetic resonance imaging task that involved recognizing and resolving two types of moral dilemmas: cost-benefit analysis (CBA) and mitigating inevitable misconducts (MIM). The CBA session assessed the participants' pitting of result-oriented outcomes against distressful harmful actions, whereas the MIM session

SUBMITTER: Tei S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9527470 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature