Theory of Mind and Moral Decision-Making in the Context of Autism Spectrum Disorder
| Autor: | Jessica Ellen Ringshaw, Susan Malcolm-Smith, Katie Hamilton |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Autism Spectrum Disorder Theory of Mind Context (language use) Morals Arousal Developmental psychology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Theory of mind Developmental and Educational Psychology medicine Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Child 05 social sciences Limiting Affective empathy medicine.disease Autism spectrum disorder Cognitive empathy Autism Empathy Psychology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Neurotypical 050104 developmental & child psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 52:1693-1711 |
| ISSN: | 1573-3432 0162-3257 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10803-021-05055-z |
| Popis: | Social impairment in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) has been linked to Theory of Mind (ToM) deficits. However, little research has investigated the relationship between ToM and moral decision-making in children with ASD. This study compared moral decision-making and ToM between aggregate-matched ASD and neurotypical boys (n=38 per group; aged 6-12). In a third-party resource allocation task manipulating recipient merit, wealth and health, neurotypical children allocated significantly more resources to the morally deserving recipient, suggesting equitable allocation. A comparatively larger portion of the ASD group allocated equally. ToM emerged as a predictor of moral decision-making. We suggest that ToM (cognitive empathy) deficits may underly atypical moral decision-making in ASD by limiting the integration of empathic arousal (affective empathy) with moral information. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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