Humor(lessness) elucidated – Sense of humor in individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Review and Introduction

Emotion regulation in autism spectrum disorder: Where we are and where we need to go

“…However, with the exception of two studies, there remains a lack of research on the up‐regulation of emotions and regulation of positive affect in ASD. Samson et al [] found that both children and young adults with ASD experienced less amusement [in line with the results from other studies, see Samson, , for a review], portrayed fewer attempts to regulate amusement, and were also less effective at regulating their positive emotions. A second study found that individuals with ASD had impaired ability to up‐regulate activity in the Nucleus Accumbens, when instructed to up‐regulate positive emotions [Richey et al, ].…”

Maladaptive Behavior in Autism Spectrum Disorder: The Role of Emotion Experience and Emotion Regulation

“…Indeed, ASD is increasingly viewed as a disorder that involves problematic emotion frequency and intensity. For example, compared to TD individuals, those with ASD infrequently display positive empathic responses (Maskey et al 2013) and report lower levels of amusement in the context of social types of humor (Samson 2013), while anger and anxiety tend to be more frequent and more intense (Ho et al 2012;Quek et al 2012;Samson et al 2014c).…”

Predictors of Psychological Outcomes in Nonheterosexual Individuals

“…Empathy, defined as the ability to adapt a person's way of thinking and behaving in order to understand another's perspective and emotions (Rogers, 1980) has been associated with the ability to comprehend humor. Furthermore, inability to take someone else's perspective has been linked to poor understanding of humor as illustrated in studies with adults (Samson, 2013) and children with autism (Baron- Cohen, 1997;Emerich, Creaghead, Grether, Murray & Grasha, 2003).…”