Compensation in autism is not consistent with social motivation theory

Lucy Anne Livingston; Punit Shah; Francesca Happé

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Compensation in autism is not consistent with social motivation theory

Lucy Anne Livingston, Punit Shah, Francesca Happé

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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.

Original language	English
Article number	e99
Journal	Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Volume	42
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X18002388
Publication status	Published - 23 Jul 2019

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