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Dr. Christian Ruff: Neurocomputational Underpinnings of Altered Mentalization in Autism

May 15

A key behavioral characteristic of autistic individuals is difficulty with mentalization—the ability to understand and respond to the mental states of others. While these difficulties have important social and clinical consequences, the neurocognitive mechanisms underlying them remain poorly understood. In this presentation, I will argue that one reason for this lack of progress is the limitation of standard experimental approaches used to study mentalization. These methods…