ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2021
Autism does not Dictate Children's Lack of Sharing in a Prosocial Choice Test.
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- Differences in Prosocial Behaviors of Preschoolers on the Autism Spectrum and Their Non-autistic Peers.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Same behavior, different perspectives: direct reciprocity differences between children with autism and children with typical development.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- The role of social motivation in sharing and fairness: insights from Williams syndrome.Journal of neurodevelopmental disorders · 2024Article
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Abstract
Studies have examined the association between theory of mind (ToM) and prosocial behavior in children with mixed results. A handful of studies have examined prosocial sharing behavior in children with autism, who typically exhibit ToM deficits. Studies using resource allocation tasks have generally failed to find significant differences between the sharing behavior of children with autism and neurotypical children. We presented 18 neurotypical children and 33 children with autism with the Dictator Game. Children had the opportunity to allocate toys in recipient present and absent conditions. Both groups donated more items in the recipient present versus absent condition and chose the prosocial option at above chance levels. Children with autism behave as prosocially as neurotypical children do in this paradigm.
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