Right on. Everything I've read esp. Grandin, suggests strongly autism is
crucially hypersensitivity rather than an emotional disorder. If every time
the normal person touched someone, they got the equivalent of an electric
shock, they'd stay away from people too. [Thanks for your previous
Brad Paulsen wrote:
I happened to catch a program on National Geographic Channel today
entitled Accidental Genius. It was quite interesting from an AGI
standpoint.
One of the researchers profiled has invented a device that, by sending
electromagnetic pulses through a person's skull to the
On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 3:02 AM, Richard Loosemore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have a vague memory of coming across this research to duplicate savant
behavior, and I seem to remember thinking that the conclusion seems to be
that there is a part of the brain that is responsible for 'damping down'
On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 10:02 AM, Richard Loosemore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Anyhow it is very interesting. Perhaps savantism is an attention mechanism
disorder? Like, too much attention.
Yes.
Autism is a devastating neurodevelopmental disorder with a
polygenetic predisposition that seems to
I happened to catch a program on National Geographic Channel today entitled
Accidental Genius. It was quite interesting from an AGI standpoint.
One of the researchers profiled has invented a device that, by sending
electromagnetic pulses through a person's skull to the appropriate spot in
the
