PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Seasonal Affective Disorder, Antibody, Operant Conditioning
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Characterized by deficits in social interaction, impaired communication, restricted interests. Increase in diagnosis rates may be associated with how autism is diagnosed or increase in funding for psych services for children with autism. Asperger"s syndrome: high-functioning autism, children of normal intelligence have deficits in social interaction, understanding/predicting other"s behaviours. Pronoun reversal: you instead of i pick you up . Appear oblivious, but actually aware of surroundings, just mainly focused on unimportant details or objects" sensory aspects (smell, taste) Sick kids study found a number of rare gene abnormalities in children with autism. May be caused by prenatal or neonatal events that may result in brain dysfunction. Brains tend to grow unusually large during first 2 years, then growth slows down until age 5. May be caused by deficit in oxytocin- hormone involved in social behaviour. 4 proteins in blood, all involved in brain development, found to be elevated in. Abnormal antibodies found in 11% of mother"s with autistic kids.
