ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2019
Sunk Cost Effect in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Article in Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.
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- Paranoia and Data-Gathering Biases in Autism.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
- Understanding responses of people with ASD in diverse reasoning tasks: A formal study.Cognitive processing · 2025Article
- Roles of empathy in altruistic cooperation in adults with and without autism spectrum disorder.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Differences in Art Appreciation in Autism: A Measure of Reduced Intuitive Processing.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2023Article
- Are sleep disturbances a cause or consequence of autism spectrum disorder?Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences · 2023Article
- Thinking, fast and slow on the autism spectrum.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2023Article
- Cognitive biases as an adaptive strategy in autism and schizophrenia spectrum: the compensation perspective on neurodiversity.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Review
- Decision flexibilities in autism spectrum disorder: an fMRI study of moral dilemmas.Social cognitive and affective neuroscience · 2022Article
- Intergroup bias in punishing behaviors of adults with autism spectrum disorder.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Impact of past experiences on decision-making in autism spectrum disorder.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2020Article
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Abstract
The sunk cost effect, an interesting and well-known decision bias, is pervasive in real life and has been studied in various disciplines. In this study, we modified a task exemplifying the sunk cost effect and used it to evaluate this behavior in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The control group exhibited a typical sunk cost effect in our task. We found that the sunk cost effect was lower in the ASD group than in the control group. The results agree with previous evidence of reduced sensitivity to context stimuli in individuals with ASD and extend this finding to the context of the sunk cost effect. Our findings are useful in addressing the practical implications on their socioeconomic behavior.
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