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  • Cognitive Science
  • Autism Research

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  • Autism often involves social interaction challenges despite structured theory of mind (ToM) task proficiency.
  • Discrepancies may arise from diminished spontaneous mentalizing or difficulties in unstructured contexts.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Investigate spontaneous mentalizing in autism using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and pupillometry.
  • Examine brain and pupil responses to social narratives in unstructured settings.

Main Methods:

  • 52 adults with autism and 52 neurotypicals viewed the animated film 'Partly Cloudy'.
  • Compared brain and pupil responses to theory of mind (ToM) events.
  • Analyzed dynamic intersubject correlations to assess response variability.

Main Results:

  • Both groups had similar brain/pupil responses to ToM events and comparable mental state descriptions.
  • Autism group showed reduced interindividual variability in responses across the social narrative.
  • This pattern emerged early and involved regions beyond the typical ToM network.

Conclusions:

  • Findings support spontaneous mentalizing capacity in autism within unstructured contexts.
  • Reduced interindividual variability in neural and pupillary responses to social narratives differentiates autism.
  • Idiosyncratic narrative processing in unstructured settings may be a sensitive marker for understanding the autistic mind.