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slowmutant
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17 Oct 2008, 1:17 pm

Ridiculous.

People with autism make more rational decisions.

Says who? Since when?



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17 Oct 2008, 10:34 pm

The conclusions they reached were that the autistic participants weren't "more rational in general in every way in approaching every situation" however much some might like to stretch it to mean that. :P

The conclusions reached were, that the autistic participants were more likely to pay attention to the numbers involved, than to the emotional charges surrounding words like "gain" and "loss" of money that were framing the situation.


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