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Reasoning on the Autism Spectrum: A Dual Process Theory Account
Dual process theory proposes two distinct reasoning processes in humans, an intuitive style that is rapid and automatic and a deliberative style that is more effortful. However, no study to date has specifically examined these reasoning styles in relation to the autism spectrum. The present studies...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4860198/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26960339 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-016-2742-4 |
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description | Dual process theory proposes two distinct reasoning processes in humans, an intuitive style that is rapid and automatic and a deliberative style that is more effortful. However, no study to date has specifically examined these reasoning styles in relation to the autism spectrum. The present studies investigated deliberative and intuitive reasoning profiles in: (1) a non-clinical sample from the general population with varying degrees of autism traits (n = 95), and (2) males diagnosed with ASD (n = 17) versus comparisons (n = 18). Taken together, the results suggest reasoning on the autism spectrum is compatible with the processes proposed by Dual Process Theory and that higher autism traits and ASD are characterised by a consistent bias towards deliberative reasoning (and potentially away from intuition). |
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spelling | pubmed-48601982016-05-21 Reasoning on the Autism Spectrum: A Dual Process Theory Account Brosnan, Mark Lewton, Marcus Ashwin, Chris J Autism Dev Disord Original Paper Dual process theory proposes two distinct reasoning processes in humans, an intuitive style that is rapid and automatic and a deliberative style that is more effortful. However, no study to date has specifically examined these reasoning styles in relation to the autism spectrum. The present studies investigated deliberative and intuitive reasoning profiles in: (1) a non-clinical sample from the general population with varying degrees of autism traits (n = 95), and (2) males diagnosed with ASD (n = 17) versus comparisons (n = 18). Taken together, the results suggest reasoning on the autism spectrum is compatible with the processes proposed by Dual Process Theory and that higher autism traits and ASD are characterised by a consistent bias towards deliberative reasoning (and potentially away from intuition). Springer US 2016-03-09 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4860198/ /pubmed/26960339 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-016-2742-4 Text en © The Author(s) 2016 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. |
spellingShingle | Original Paper Brosnan, Mark Lewton, Marcus Ashwin, Chris Reasoning on the Autism Spectrum: A Dual Process Theory Account |
title | Reasoning on the Autism Spectrum: A Dual Process Theory Account |
title_full | Reasoning on the Autism Spectrum: A Dual Process Theory Account |
title_fullStr | Reasoning on the Autism Spectrum: A Dual Process Theory Account |
title_full_unstemmed | Reasoning on the Autism Spectrum: A Dual Process Theory Account |
title_short | Reasoning on the Autism Spectrum: A Dual Process Theory Account |
title_sort | reasoning on the autism spectrum: a dual process theory account |
topic | Original Paper |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4860198/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26960339 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-016-2742-4 |
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