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Connor Keating
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Junior Research Fellow at the University of Oxford researching emotion, social cognition, and autism | Co-director of the U21 Autism Research Network | He/him 🏳️‍🌈
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When looking at how much actual effort participants put in, non-autistic participants put in comparable effort for other autistic and non-autistic participants, whilst autistic participants put in more actual effort for their fellow autistic than non-autistic participants.
A bar chart showing that the non-autistic participants exerted more effort for themselves than for both other groups (with no differences between others of the same or others of a different neurotype). In contrast, the autistic participants exerted most effort for themselves, followed by autistic others, and then neurotypical others.
October 10, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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When looking at choices, we saw a robust self-bias, with both groups choosing to put in more effort for themselves than others, and no differences between same and different neurotype others.
A bar graph showing that both the autistic and non-autistic participants chose to exert effort more for themselves than for both other groups.
October 10, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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We asked autistic and non-autistic adults to squeeze a hand grip to earn credits for themselves, for others of the same neurotype, or for others of a different neurotype. They could choose to squeeze for credit or rest for no credit on every trial...
An image showing that participants completed trials where they could win a variable amount of credits for themselves, others of the same neurotype, or others of a different neurotype. Participants would choose whether or not to exert a given level of effort for the recipient, and then would have to put in that effort to win the reward.
October 10, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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I’m so grateful for the opportunity to present my Frith Prize talk at the EPS meeting yesterday — it was such an honour and a delight! I had some fascinating questions and conversations that will definitely help shape my next projects. Huge thanks to @exppsychsoc.bsky.social for the fab conference!
An image of me presenting my talk. On the slide is a thank you to various people that helped make the work possible
April 4, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Knowledge and explicit stigma differed across countries, even after accounting for covariates: students in Hong Kong displayed less accurate knowledge, and higher explicit stigma towards autism, than those in the UK and US. Implicit biases did not differ across countries🧵5/6
Boxplots showing that (1) levels of autism-related knowledge was lower in Hong Kong than the UK and the US, and (2) levels of explicit stigma was higher in Hong Kong than the UK and the US, after accounting for covariates at p < .0001.
December 4, 2024 at 4:54 PM
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Knowledge and explicit stigma differed across countries, even after accounting for covariates: students in Hong Kong displayed less accurate knowledge, and higher explicit stigma towards autism, than those in the UK and US. Implicit biases did not differ across countries🧵5/6
Boxplots showing that (1) levels of autism-related knowledge was lower in Hong Kong than the UK and the US, and (2) levels of explicit stigma was higher in Hong Kong than the UK and the US, after accounting for covariates at p < .0001.
December 4, 2024 at 4:37 PM