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¹Département de Psychiatrie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada.

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Autistic adults may not adjust social strategies based on interaction stakes, unlike neurotypicals. This computational difference in social cognition could improve autism diagnosis and interventions.

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Neuroscience
Computational Psychiatry
Developmental Psychology

Background:

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) diagnosis relies on subjective social interaction assessments.
Reciprocal social interactions lack objective computational decomposition.
Understanding computational mechanisms in ASD is crucial for objective diagnostics.

Purpose of the Study:

To computationally deconstruct reciprocal social interactions in autism.
To investigate if autistic individuals disregard social interaction stakes.
To identify computational phenotypes for improved ASD diagnosis and intervention.

Main Methods:

Compared 24 autistic and 24 neurotypical (NT) adults in a repeated dyadic competitive game against AI.
Manipulated participants' belief about the opponent (human vs. gambling game).
Analyzed trial-by-trial choice sequences for behavioral flexibility and mentalizing sophistication.

Main Results:

NT participants adapted strategies based on opponent incentives; autistic participants did not.
Autistic individuals showed subnormal behavioral flexibility and mentalizing sophistication, especially with incentive information.
Computational phenotypes achieved 79% diagnostic classification accuracy for ASD.

Conclusions:

Autistic individuals exhibit distinct computational patterns in social decision-making, particularly regarding social stakes.
These computational phenotypes correlate with ASD symptom severity.
A computational approach offers novel diagnostic boundaries and personalized interventions for autism.