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SUBMITTER: Birmingham E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4636978 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Psychological science 20150918 11
Implicit social biases are ubiquitous and are known to influence social behavior. A core diagnostic criterion of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) is abnormal social behavior. We investigated the extent to which individuals with ASD might show a specific attenuation of implicit social biases, using Implicit Association Tests (IATs) involving social (gender, race) and nonsocial (nature, shoes) categories. High-functioning adults with ASD showed intact but reduced IAT effects relative to healthy con ...[more]