Matched Minds Don’t Talk Faster: Autism Communication Efficiency Defies Double Empathy Prediction
Bioengineer.org
A study challenges the double empathy theory by finding that autistic adults do not communicate more efficiently with each other than with non-autistic adults, contradicting the theory's prediction. The research used a controlled collaborative task to measure communication efficiency, revealing no significant difference in performance between matched and mixed neurotype pairs. The findings highlight a gap between subjective experience of understanding and objective measures of communicative efficiency.
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