Autism and intolerance of uncertainty: an ill-fitting pair

Affiliations

¹ NeuroEpigenEthics, Antwerp University, Antwerp, Belgium; Laboratory of Experimental Psychology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Leuven Autism Research (LAuRes), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
² Tizard Centre, University of Kent, Kent, UK.
³ Laboratory of Experimental Psychology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Leuven Autism Research (LAuRes), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Antwerp Social Lab, Antwerp University, Antwerp, Belgium. Electronic address: sander.vandecruys@uantwerpen.be.

Comment

Jo Bervoets et al. Trends Cogn Sci. 2021 Dec.

. 2021 Dec;25(12):1009-1010.

doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2021.08.006. Epub 2021 Oct 19.

¹ NeuroEpigenEthics, Antwerp University, Antwerp, Belgium; Laboratory of Experimental Psychology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Leuven Autism Research (LAuRes), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
² Tizard Centre, University of Kent, Kent, UK.
³ Laboratory of Experimental Psychology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Leuven Autism Research (LAuRes), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Antwerp Social Lab, Antwerp University, Antwerp, Belgium. Electronic address: sander.vandecruys@uantwerpen.be.

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Keywords: autism; double empathy problem; predictive processing; uncertainty.

Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of interests No interests are declared.

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