PSYCH 46A Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Daniel Tammet
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Autism: a condition linked to abnormal biology and chemistry in the brain. Problems with communication, social interaction, responses to sensory stimulation. Autism: children will respond to faces (even it its mother"s indifferently). The earlier autism is spotted, the better. Daniel tammet: can do really crazy multiplication in his head too many powers lol. Daniel is autistic but he can interact with the social world. Can also learn to speak languages within a week. Steven: after helicopter ride, stephen is able to draw the entire panorama of rome with minimal errors. Three traditions: verbal learning (popular in america, gestalt (germany) perception and extend to memory, bartlett"s (british) Bartlett: his idea schemas and how it influenced the information processing approach.
