Theory of mind,perceived intentions and reciprocal behaviour: Evidence from individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Economics and Business, University of Cagliari, Italy;2. Behavioural Science Group, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK;3. Department of Pedagogy, Psychology, Philosophy, University of Cagliari, Italy;4. Centre for Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Azienda Ospedaliera Brotzu, Cagliari, Italy;1. University of Mannheim, Germany;2. German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Germany;3. Trier University, Germany;1. University of Northern Iowa, College of Business Administration, Department of Management, Cedar Falls, IA 50614, United States;2. University of Arkansas, Walton College of Business, Department of Management, Fayetteville, AR 72701, United States;3. Centre for Leadership and Innovation, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Department of Management and Marketing, M1027, Li Ka Shing Tower, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong;1. Department of Business and Economics, COHERE, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark;2. Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management, Technion, Technion City, Haifa 32000, Israel;3. Strategic Organization Design Unit, Department of Marketing and Management, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark;1. Department of Banking and Finance, University of Mannheim, Germany;2. Behavioural and Quantitative Finance, Barclays, London, UK;3. Betterment.com, New York, NY, United States;4. Saïd Business School, Oxford, UK;1. Beijing Key Lab of Applied Experimental Psychology, School of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China;2. Beijing No.4 High School, Beijing, China;3. State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China;4. Research Center of Emotion Regulation, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China;5. California State University, Los Angeles, USA |
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| Abstract: | Evidence suggests that departures from pure self-interest are due, at least partly, to individuals conditioning their behaviour on the perceived intentions of others. We present a new experiment that refines the study of intention-based other-regarding motives. Using a series of mini-ultimatum games that have been extensively studied in the literature, we compare the behaviour of normally-developing (ND) children to that of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), who typically lack the ability to attribute intentions to the observed actions of others. We find that ND children’s rejection behaviour responds systematically to changes in the set of available options, in line with previous findings. ASD children’s rejections are virtually unaffected by the intentions that could be inferred from the games’ strategy space. These differences are mainly driven by ASD children with low mentalising abilities. |
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| Keywords: | Social preferences Theory of mind Intention detection Autism |
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