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  • Neuroscience
  • Social Science

Background:

  • Social impairments are a core feature of autism-spectrum disorders (ASD), but their severity varies significantly.
  • This variability in social functioning within the autism spectrum has been linked to the presence or absence of alexithymia.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the distinct effects of alexithymic and autistic traits on social functioning.
  • To explore the relationship between these traits and prosocial behavior in a general population sample.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a population-based approach by examining broadly distributed alexithymic and autistic traits in healthy individuals.
  • Assessed social functioning using a resource-allocation task.

Main Results:

  • Healthy individuals exhibited social functioning impairments on the resource-allocation task.
  • These impairments were specifically associated with alexithymic traits, not autistic traits.

Conclusions:

  • Alexithymic traits, rather than autistic traits, appear to be the primary driver of impaired prosocial behavior.
  • Findings suggest alexithymia plays a crucial role in social functioning deficits observed across the autism spectrum.