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ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2019

Intuitive Moral Reasoning in High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Matter of Social Schemas?

Ulrich Max Schaller, Monica Biscaldi, Thomas Fangmeier, Ludger Tebartz van Elst, Reinhold Rauh

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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 10 papers.

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  7. Right Temporoparietal Junction Underlies Avoidance of Moral Transgression in Autism Spectrum Disorder.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2021
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Ulrich Max SchallerDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics, Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine University of Freiburg, Hauptstr. 8, 79104, Freiburg, Germany. ulrich.schaller@uniklinik-freiburg.de.
Monica BiscaldiDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics, Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine University of Freiburg, Hauptstr. 8, 79104, Freiburg, Germany.
Thomas FangmeierDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Ludger Tebartz van ElstDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Reinhold RauhDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics, Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine University of Freiburg, Hauptstr. 8, 79104, Freiburg, Germany.

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Abstract

Using a schema-theoretical perspective in the field of moral cognition, we assessed response behavior of adolescent (n = 15) and adult (n = 22) individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in comparison with adolescent (n = 22) and adult (n = 22) neurotypically developed controls. We conceptualized the Intuitive Moral Reasoning Test-in five moral dilemmas, participants had to choose between two alternative actions and assess their decision with respect to emotional valence, arousal, moral acceptability and permissibility from both the perspective of the acting person and then of the victim. Patients with ASD displayed a different decision and response behavior, particularly when the dilemmas were based on extreme life situations in combination with a social schema involving close social relationships.

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Emotional IntelligenceMoralsSocial BehaviorAdolescentAdultAutism Spectrum DisorderCognitionEmotionsFemaleHumansMaleProblem SolvingTheory of MindAutism Spectrum DisorderDual-process theoryEmpathyMoralMoral cognitionMoral dilemmaMoral reasoningSchema theorySocial schemaTheory of mind

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