Autistic Adults Show Transient Cardiac Slowing in Response to Both Social and Non-Social Negative Feedback
Emine Gurbuz,
Deborah M Riby,
Mikle South
et al.
Abstract:Autistic people frequently experience negative judgements from non-autistic people, often fuelled by misconceptions that autistic people lack empathy. Understanding responses to negative social judgement among autistic people is crucial because of the potential negative impact on wellbeing and future interactions. We investigated behavioural and psychophysiological indices of social rejection in 20 autistic (AUT; 11 males) and 40 non-autistic (N-AUT; 21 males) university students. Participants completed the So… Show more
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