Seeing the funny side of things: Humour processing in Autism Spectrum Disorders

•Humour is a social phenomenon, occurring in social and playful contexts.•The implicit impact of humour in individuals with autism (ASD) is currently unknown.•This study investigated the implicit and explicit influence of humour processing in ASD.•An implicit effect of humour was found to be content dependent in ASD.•The altered humorous processing in ASD may be related to social motivation.