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Adaptive behaviour and predictive processing accounts of autism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 July 2019

Kelsey Perrykkad Open the ORCID record for Kelsey Perrykkad [Opens in a new window]
Kelsey Perrykkad*
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Cognition & Philosophy Lab, Philosophy Department, School of Philosophical, Historical and International Studies, Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia. kelsey.perrykkad@monash.eduhttps://cog-phil-lab.org/people/kelsey-perrykkad/
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Abstract

Many autistic behaviours can rightly be classified as adaptive, but why these behaviours differ from adaptive neurotypical behaviours in the same environment requires explanation. I argue that predictive processing accounts best explain why autistic people engage different adaptive responses to the environment and, further, account for evidence left unexplained by the social motivation theory.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 42 , 2019 , e108
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