PSYCH 2AP3 Lecture Notes - Field Dependence, Solitude, Face Perception
15 Jun 2013
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Autistic children recognize their own faces but do not try to interact with them as normal children do systematizers (male): identifying, understanding rules that govern a system. Recognizing and responding to the feelings of others females are empathizers (weak on systematizing) Autism show strong systematic brain, impairing social interaction. Explains social disability in autism: lack of empathic understanding of others. Math, art, music all depend on systematizing. Assertive mating between systematizers: people with certain characteristics that tend to mate. Parents of autistic children (poa) faster on embedded figures test than others. Poa more likely to have systematizing fathers (e. g. , engineers) Male/female brain activity different when empathizing or systematizing: poa show male pattern. Explains why more males than females have autism. Intense world theory strong response to sensory stimulation: brains are overly sensitive find the world chaotic and therefore live within themselves. Valproic acid (vpa) and autism: mood stabilizer, anti-convulsive.
