Reduced anticipatory motor preparation and altered EEG signatures of prediction in autistic adults

A standing hypothesis proposes that the social and behavioral diagnostic features of autism may develop as a result of more fundamental difficulties in forming and utilizing predictions. More specifically, in the present study, we hypothesized that autistic individuals are less likely to mobilize motor preparatory processes when given reason to anticipate an imperative cue. In a pre-registered experiment, we asked participants to respond as …