Autistic and non-autistic prosocial decision-making: The impact of recipient neurotype / Peter RUSH in Research in Autism, 128 (October 2025)  

Public ISBD [article]  inResearch in Autism > 128 (October 2025) . - p.202710 Titre : Autistic and non-autistic prosocial decision-making: The impact of recipient neurotype Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Peter RUSH, Auteur ; Connor T. KEATING, Auteur ; Selma LUGTMEIJER, Auteur ; Evie ALLMARK, Auteur ; Anna DAVIS, Auteur ; Aradhna BEEJADHUR, Auteur ; Amy TARLING, Auteur ; Samuel HANNON, Auteur ; Kelan TODD, Auteur ; Alexander IDDLES, Auteur ; Chaitrali VICHARE, Auteur ; Michael J. M. GACHOMBA, Auteur ; Patricia L. LOCKWOOD, Auteur ; Matthew APPS, Auteur ; Sophie SOWDEN-CARVALHO, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.202710 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Autism  Adults  Prosocial behaviour  Decision-making  Neurotype-matching Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : A body of research suggests cross-neurotype interpersonal interactions may be more challenging, and non-autistic individuals show less interest in interacting with their autistic peers. However, it is not clear whether such cross-neurotype differences extend to prosocial decision-making behaviour – something that is vital for forming and maintaining social bonds. Using a physical-effort-based decision-making paradigm, in combination with computational modelling, we examined 30 autistic and 30 non-autistic individuals’ prosocial willingness to exert physical effort for oneself and others, as a function of whether the beneficiary shares their neurotype or not. We compared decisions to exert effort and action energisation when participants made decisions for the Self, Other Same neurotype and Other Different neurotype. Results showed a robust self-bias in effort discounting, with both groups choosing to exert more effort for themselves than others, and no differences between same and different neurotype others. However, while non-autistic participants showed no difference in action energisation between the same and different neurotype others, autistic participants exerted significantly more force for others of the same neurotype. Implicit, but not explicit, biases held about autism played a role: in autistic participants, higher implicit autism stigma predicted differences in effort discounting between same and different neurotype others, while in non-autistic participants, implicit bias predicted differences in actual effort exerted rather than decision-making. This work has important implications for understanding how interactor neurotypes and autism-specific biases may feed into prosocial decision-making contexts such as employment, health and education settings, where autistic individuals face the everyday consideration of whether to disclose their diagnostic status. En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reia.2025.202710 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=570 [article] Autistic and non-autistic prosocial decision-making: The impact of recipient neurotype [texte imprimé] / Peter RUSH, Auteur ; Connor T. KEATING, Auteur ; Selma LUGTMEIJER, Auteur ; Evie ALLMARK, Auteur ; Anna DAVIS, Auteur ; Aradhna BEEJADHUR, Auteur ; Amy TARLING, Auteur ; Samuel HANNON, Auteur ; Kelan TODD, Auteur ; Alexander IDDLES, Auteur ; Chaitrali VICHARE, Auteur ; Michael J. M. GACHOMBA, Auteur ; Patricia L. LOCKWOOD, Auteur ; Matthew APPS, Auteur ; Sophie SOWDEN-CARVALHO, Auteur . - p.202710. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Research in Autism > 128 (October 2025) . - p.202710 Mots-clés : Autism  Adults  Prosocial behaviour  Decision-making  Neurotype-matching Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : A body of research suggests cross-neurotype interpersonal interactions may be more challenging, and non-autistic individuals show less interest in interacting with their autistic peers. However, it is not clear whether such cross-neurotype differences extend to prosocial decision-making behaviour – something that is vital for forming and maintaining social bonds. Using a physical-effort-based decision-making paradigm, in combination with computational modelling, we examined 30 autistic and 30 non-autistic individuals’ prosocial willingness to exert physical effort for oneself and others, as a function of whether the beneficiary shares their neurotype or not. We compared decisions to exert effort and action energisation when participants made decisions for the Self, Other Same neurotype and Other Different neurotype. Results showed a robust self-bias in effort discounting, with both groups choosing to exert more effort for themselves than others, and no differences between same and different neurotype others. However, while non-autistic participants showed no difference in action energisation between the same and different neurotype others, autistic participants exerted significantly more force for others of the same neurotype. Implicit, but not explicit, biases held about autism played a role: in autistic participants, higher implicit autism stigma predicted differences in effort discounting between same and different neurotype others, while in non-autistic participants, implicit bias predicted differences in actual effort exerted rather than decision-making. This work has important implications for understanding how interactor neurotypes and autism-specific biases may feed into prosocial decision-making contexts such as employment, health and education settings, where autistic individuals face the everyday consideration of whether to disclose their diagnostic status. En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reia.2025.202710 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=570

Reduced prosocial motivation and effort in adolescents with conduct problems and callous-unemotional traits / Peter MARTIN ; Patricia L. LOCKWOOD ; Jo CUTLER ; Matthew APPS ; Ruth ROBERTS ; Harriet PHILLIPS ; Katie BROWN ; Eamon J. MCCRORY ; Essi VIDING in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 65-8 (August 2024)  

Public ISBD [article]  inJournal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry > 65-8 (August 2024) . - p.1061-1071 Titre : Reduced prosocial motivation and effort in adolescents with conduct problems and callous-unemotional traits Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Peter MARTIN, Auteur ; Patricia L. LOCKWOOD, Auteur ; Jo CUTLER, Auteur ; Matthew APPS, Auteur ; Ruth ROBERTS, Auteur ; Harriet PHILLIPS, Auteur ; Katie BROWN, Auteur ; Eamon J. MCCRORY, Auteur ; Essi VIDING, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.1061-1071 Langues : Anglais (eng) Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Background Prosocial behaviours - acts that benefit others - are of crucial importance for many species including humans. However, adolescents with conduct problems (CP), unlike their typically developing (TD) peers, demonstrate markedly reduced engagement in prosocial behaviours. This pattern is particularly pronounced in adolescents with CP and high levels of callous-unemotional traits (CP/HCU) who are at increased risk of developing psychopathy in adulthood. While a substantial amount of research has investigated the cognitive-affective mechanisms thought to underlie antisocial behaviour, much less is known about the mechanisms that could explain reduced prosocial behaviours in adolescents with CP. Methods Here we examined the willingness to exert effort to benefit oneself (self) and another person (other, prosocial condition) in children with CP/HCU, CP and lower levels of CU traits (CP/LCU) and their TD peers. The task captured both prosocial choices, and actual effort exerted following prosocial choices, in adolescent boys aged 11-16 (27 CP/HCU; 34 CP/LCU; 33 TD). We used computational modelling to reveal the mechanistic processes involved when choosing prosocial acts. Results We found that both CP/HCU and CP/LCU groups were more averse to initiating effortful prosocial acts than TD adolescents - both at a cognitive and at a behavioural level. Strikingly, even if they chose to initiate a prosocial act, the CP/HCU group exerted less effort following this prosocial choice than other groups. Conclusions Our findings indicate that reduced exertion of effort to benefit others may be an important factor that differentiates adolescents with CP/HCU from their peers with CP/LCU. They offer new insights into what might drive low prosocial behaviour in adolescents with CP, including vulnerabilities that may particularly characterise those with high levels of CU traits. En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13945 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=532 [article] Reduced prosocial motivation and effort in adolescents with conduct problems and callous-unemotional traits [texte imprimé] / Peter MARTIN, Auteur ; Patricia L. LOCKWOOD, Auteur ; Jo CUTLER, Auteur ; Matthew APPS, Auteur ; Ruth ROBERTS, Auteur ; Harriet PHILLIPS, Auteur ; Katie BROWN, Auteur ; Eamon J. MCCRORY, Auteur ; Essi VIDING, Auteur . - p.1061-1071. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry > 65-8 (August 2024) . - p.1061-1071 Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Background Prosocial behaviours - acts that benefit others - are of crucial importance for many species including humans. However, adolescents with conduct problems (CP), unlike their typically developing (TD) peers, demonstrate markedly reduced engagement in prosocial behaviours. This pattern is particularly pronounced in adolescents with CP and high levels of callous-unemotional traits (CP/HCU) who are at increased risk of developing psychopathy in adulthood. While a substantial amount of research has investigated the cognitive-affective mechanisms thought to underlie antisocial behaviour, much less is known about the mechanisms that could explain reduced prosocial behaviours in adolescents with CP. Methods Here we examined the willingness to exert effort to benefit oneself (self) and another person (other, prosocial condition) in children with CP/HCU, CP and lower levels of CU traits (CP/LCU) and their TD peers. The task captured both prosocial choices, and actual effort exerted following prosocial choices, in adolescent boys aged 11-16 (27 CP/HCU; 34 CP/LCU; 33 TD). We used computational modelling to reveal the mechanistic processes involved when choosing prosocial acts. Results We found that both CP/HCU and CP/LCU groups were more averse to initiating effortful prosocial acts than TD adolescents - both at a cognitive and at a behavioural level. Strikingly, even if they chose to initiate a prosocial act, the CP/HCU group exerted less effort following this prosocial choice than other groups. Conclusions Our findings indicate that reduced exertion of effort to benefit others may be an important factor that differentiates adolescents with CP/HCU from their peers with CP/LCU. They offer new insights into what might drive low prosocial behaviour in adolescents with CP, including vulnerabilities that may particularly characterise those with high levels of CU traits. En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13945 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=532

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