"Study: Autistic Adults Show Increased Generosity Towards Strangers"

A study in Germany found that autistic adults tend to be more generous towards strangers compared to non-autistic individuals, showing greater consistency in implementing fairness norms and differences in sensitivity to social information. The research, published in the journal Autism, involved a small group of 28 autistic individuals and 25 non-autistic participants, and found that the trend of social discounting, where generosity diminishes with social distance, was less pronounced in autistic individuals. However, the study's findings should be interpreted with caution due to the small sample size and the use of small amounts of money and imaginary figures in the decision-making tasks.