Autism spectrum disorders (hereafter autism) are prevalent and often associated with
elevated rates of substance use disorders. A subset of people who gamble develop …

Atypical motor coordination and cognitive processes, such as response inhibition and
working memory, have been extensively researched in individuals with attention deficit …

Challenges in social cognition and communication are core characteristics of autism
spectrum disorder (ASD), but in some domains, individuals with ASD may display typical …

Microtransactions provide optional, virtual, video game goods that, for an additional cost to
the player, provide additional game content and alter the gameplay experience. Loot boxes …

Autistic people often have an atypical profile of abilities: while excelling in some structured
paradigms, many report difficulties with making real-life decisions. To test whether decision …

Background Previous studies reported that autistic adolescents and adults tend to exhibit
extensive choice switching in repeated experiential tasks. However, a recent meta-analysis …

Whereas the effects of the early stages of acute stress seem to improve learning and
increase loss aversion in decision making, in later stages, the opposite has been found, an …

Background Although autism is often characterized in literature by the presence of repetitive
behavior, in structured decision tasks, individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have …

Adolescence has been characterized as a period of risky and possibly suboptimal decision-
making, yet the development of decision-making in autistic adolescents is not well …

Past research on reward-based decision making documents deviations from optimal
behavior that suggest insufficient sensitivity to rare outcomes. This insensitivity to rare events …