Compensation in autism is not consistent with social motivation theory

Livingston, Lucy Anne ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8597-6525, Shah, Punit and Happé, Francesca 2019. Compensation in autism is not consistent with social motivation theory. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 42 , e99. 10.1017/S0140525X18002388

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Abstract

Growing evidence, as presented by Jaswal & Akhtar, indicates that social motivation is not universally reduced in autism. Here, we evaluate and extend this argument in light of recent evidence of “compensation” in autism. We thereby argue that autistic “compensators” – exhibiting neurotypical behaviour despite persistent difficulties in social cognition – indicate intact or potentially heightened social motivation in autism.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Published
Schools:	Psychology
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press (CUP)
ISSN:	0140-525X
Funders:	MRC UK
Last Modified:	26 Oct 2022 08:14
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/126940

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