@article{d167a26a27ba4012a459419235a36771,
title = "Enhanced rationality in autism spectrum disorder",
abstract = "Challenges in social cognition and communication are core characteristics of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), but in some domains, individuals with ASD may display typical abilities and even outperform their neurotypical counterparts. These enhanced abilities are notable in the domains of reasoning, judgment and decision-making, in which individuals with ASD often show {\textquoteleft}enhanced rationality{\textquoteright} by exhibiting more rational and bias-free decision-making than do neurotypical individuals. We review evidence for enhanced rationality in ASD, how it relates to theoretical frameworks of information processing in ASD, its implications for basic research about human irrationality, and what it may mean for the ASD community.",
keywords = "autism, decision-making, rationality, skills",
author = "Liron Rozenkrantz and D'Mello, {Anila M.} and Gabrieli, {John D.E.}",
note = "Funding Information: L.R. is supported by a postdoctoral fellowship from The Simons Center for the Social Brain at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). A.M.D. is supported by a National Institute of Mental Health F32 grant (MH117933). The authors are thankful for the support of the Hock E. Tan and K. Lisa Yang Center for Autism Research at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT. The authors thank Cindy E. Li and Lindsay Bungert for their helpful feedback on this manuscript. The authors have no interests to declare. Funding Information: L.R. is supported by a postdoctoral fellowship from The Simons Center for the Social Brain at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) . A.M.D. is supported by a National Institute of Mental Health F32 grant ( MH117933 ). The authors are thankful for the support of the Hock E. Tan and K. Lisa Yang Center for Autism Research at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT. The authors thank Cindy E. Li and Lindsay Bungert for their helpful feedback on this manuscript. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 Elsevier Ltd",
year = "2021",
month = aug,
doi = "10.1016/j.tics.2021.05.004",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "25",
pages = "685--696",
journal = "Trends in Cognitive Sciences",
issn = "1364-6613",
publisher = "Elsevier Limited",
number = "8",
}