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Autism journal: Generosity toward strangers linked to autism spectrum disorder, study finds
Researchers from Heinrich Heine University (Germany) have discovered a new symptom accompanying autism spectrum disorder (ASD). They found that adults with ASD tended to be more generous to strangers than people with normal mental health.
The respective research was published in the science journal Autism.
Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by difficulties in social interaction and communication, as well as restricted and repetitive behaviors. People with autism tend to have noticeable differences in social interaction and communication compared to people without the diagnosis.
In the new paper, the specialists decided to study the phenomenon of social neglect among autistic people. The experiment involved 28 people diagnosed with ASD and 25 participants without autism.
Volunteers were asked to complete a series of tasks to distribute money between themselves and other participants.
The researchers distinguished the difference in monetary gain between a fair distribution and choosing a larger share for oneself, calling the difference "loss money." For example, if splitting equally gives a participant 75 euros, but taking more money—without giving anything to the other—gives 115 euros, this means that the participant who decided to split the money equally has lost 40 euros.
The results showed that the average amount of money lost decreased along with the increase in social distance. That is, the more socially distant the other person was, the more likely participants were to take more money for themselves without giving the other person anything.
Although this trend was present in both autistics and non-autistics, it was much less pronounced in autistics. People with ASD tended to be more generous to people they had never met before.
The researchers say their research sheds light on differences in social decision-making between people with autism and people without this disorder.
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