Intolerance of Uncertainty and Challenges in Decision-making in Adults with High-Functioning Autism

<p style="text-align: justify;">Individuals with high-functioning autism have difficulties in decision-making face of incomplete or ambiguous information, particularly the context social interaction. Tasks demanding an immediate response deviation from usual behavior make them feel excessive anxiety which restricts their and professional activity. Attempts to camouflage conservatism others are one risk factors for comorbid depression. Therefore, they avoid new non-routine situations, thus restricting own activity development. On other hand, insisting on sameness clarity may give individuals advantage long-lasting monotonous tasks. The aim this review is consider these symptoms perspective predictive coding. A range experimental studies has shown that most subjects difficulty predicting outcomes based cumulative history interacting environment, as well updating expectations evidence becomes available. These peculiarities analysis pragmatic weighting information cause trait intolerance uncertainty novelty avoidance people autism.</p>