Preserved Spontaneous Mentalizing Amid Reduced Intersubject Variability in Autism During a Movie Narrative
Our findings provide functional evidence of spontaneous mentalizing in autism, demonstrating this capacity in a context that affords but does not require mentalizing. Rather than responses to ToM events, a novel neurocognitive signature-interindividual variability in brain and pupil responses to evolving social narratives-differentiated neurotypical individuals from individuals with autism. These results suggest that idiosyncratic narrative processing in unstructured settings, a common element of everyday social interactions, may offer a more sensitive scenario for understanding the autistic mind.
Authors
- Margot Mangnus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5531-4507)
- Jana Bašnáková
- Saskia B.J. Koch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3628-6712)
- Peter Hagoort (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7280-7549)
- Arjen Stolk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3798-4923)
- Miriam Greidanus Romaneli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8377-5068)
- Kexin Cai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7694-8143)
Institutions
- Dartmouth College (US)
- Radboud University Nijmegen (NL)
- Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging
- Published
- 2024-10-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsc.2024.10.007
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.37
Funders
- Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek