@zate You’re occupying your brain’s task mode network so that your default mode network can freely work on a problem that needs creativity. https://youtu.be/D_CQ8XiRxfc

This article was co-authored by Tanya Adkin and David Gray-Hammond Monotropism is a theory of autism. It is used interchangeably as a theory and also a trait that describes a style of attention. It suggests that Autistic people tend to have singular but highly detailed tunnels of attention, as opposed to spreading their attentional resources

One of the reason that different autistic people can have strikingly different support needs is that autism very often co-occurs with other physical and mental health issues. This constellation of...

When my grandad died, I didn’t know how to process it. Then I met others who felt the same.

An integral part of human language is the capacity to extract meaning from spoken and written words, but the precise relationship between brain representations of information perceived by listening versus reading is unclear. Prior neuroimaging studies have shown that semantic information in spoken language is represented in multiple regions in the human cerebral cortex, while amodal semantic information appears to be represented in a few broad brain regions. However, previous studies were too insensitive to determine whether semantic representations were shared at a fine level of detail rather than merely at a coarse scale. We used fMRI to record brain activity in two separate experiments while participants listened to or read several hours of the same narrative stories, and then created voxelwise encoding models to characterize semantic selectivity in each voxel and in each individual participant. We find that semantic tuning during listening and reading are highly correlated in most semantically selective regions of cortex, and models estimated using one modality accurately predict voxel responses in the other modality. These results suggest that the representation of language semantics is independent of the sensory modality through which the semantic information is received. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Humans can comprehend the meaning of words from both spoken and written language. It is therefore important to understand the relationship between the brain representations of spoken or written text. Here, we show that although the representation of semantic information in the human brain is quite complex, the semantic representations evoked by listening versus reading are almost identical. These results suggest that the representation of language semantics is independent of the sensory modality through which the semantic information is received.

Self-stimulatory behavior, also known as "stimming" and self-stimulation, is the repetition of physical movements, sounds, words, moving objects, or other behaviors. Such behaviors are found to some degree in all people, especially those with developmental disabilities such as ADHD, as well as autistic people. People diagnosed with sensory processing disorder are also known to potentially exhibit stimming behaviors.

Snoezelen or controlled multisensory environment (MSE) is a therapy for people with autism and other developmental disabilities, dementia or brain injury. It consists of placing the person in a soothing and stimulating environment, called the "Snoezelen room", a form of sensory room. These rooms are specially designed to deliver stimuli to various senses, using lighting effects, color, sounds, music, scents, etc. The combination of different materials on a wall may be explored using tactile senses, and the floor may be adjusted to stimulate the sense of balance. The person is usually accompanied by an aide or therapist.

Frisson, also known as aesthetic chills or psychogenic shivers, is a psychophysiological response to rewarding stimuli that often induces a pleasurable or otherwise positively-valenced affective state and transient paresthesia, sometimes along with piloerection and mydriasis .The sensation commonly occurs as a mildly to moderately pleasurable emotional response to music with skin tingling; piloerection and pupil dilation not necessarily occurring in all cases.

An autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) is a tingling sensation that usually begins on the scalp and moves down the back of the neck and upper spine. A pleasant form of paresthesia, it has been compared with auditory-tactile synesthesia and may overlap with frisson. ASMR is a subjective experience of "low-grade euphoria" characterized by "a combination of positive feelings and a distinct static-like tingling sensation on the skin". It is most commonly triggered by specific auditory or visual stimuli, and less commonly by intentional attention control.

Autism covers a wide spectrum of disorders for which there are many views, hypotheses and theories. Here we propose a unifying theory of autism, the Intense World Theory. The proposed neuropathology is hyper-functioning of local neural microcircuits, ...

Autismus und ADHS. Kristina Meyer-Estorf im Interview mit Silke Bauerfeind von Ellas Blog über Herausforderungen, Erfahrungen und Lösungsansätze

Viele Autist*innen sind arbeitslos. Das liegt in der Regel nicht an mangelnder Qualifikation, sondern an Barrieren in der Arbeitswelt. Expertinnen berichten, worin diese Barrieren bestehen und wie sie sich beheben lassen.

Um gesellschaftlich teilhaben zu können, kopieren Menschen aus dem Autismus-Spektrum neurotypisches Verhalten. Doch diese Anpassung kann für autistische Menschen ungesund und gefährlich werden.

The ADHD diagnosis to Autism diagnosis pipeline is real! The ADHD self identify to Autism self identify and self diagnosed pipeline is also real. (i will never forget y'all in my advocasy i promise...

Ein paar Bücher zum #AutismAcceptanceMonth. Spoiler: Die Übersetzung von Steve Silbermanns „NeuroTribes. The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity“ in „Geniale Störung“ ist Teil des...

Just over a decade ago, autism and ADHD were thought to be mutually exclusive. But in recent years, all that has changed

AutismAcceptanceMonth Ein Ausschnitt meines Radio Interviews. Hier erkläre ich Masking bei Autismus und wie sich das jemand vorstellen kann, der nicht autistisch ist.

I think therapy can help but it has to be tailored to our brains. I just listened to this podcast about it recently by two autistic therapists:...

Behaviorist education is ableist education. When I was a little girl, I was autistic. And when you’re autistic, it’s not abuse. It’s therapy. Quiet Hands | Just Stimming… References

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) affects a significant number of individuals worldwide with the prevalence continuing to grow. It is becoming clear that a large subgroup of individuals with ASD demonstrate abnormalities in mitochondrial function as well ...

People who suffer from gastrointestinal disorders may benefit from one or more forms of psychotherapy treatment....

Autism spectrum disorder is diagnosed at a level of 1, 2, or 3, with each indicating different support needs.

Just over a decade ago, autism and ADHD were thought to be mutually exclusive. But in recent years, all that has changed

There's a lot of debate about whether self-diagnosis for autism, ADHD and similar disabilities is valid.

This is all informed by my anarchist perspective but the arguments I'm making should be clear to anyone who wants human liberation.

Ablism is rooted in the fact that it delivers for some people, that it gathers energy unto itself and uses this like a squatting parasite to reproduce itself.

Das Syndrom ist eine "ganz besondere Art zu sein", sagt eine Expertin. Dazu gehören Konzentrationsschwierigkeiten und Dünnhäutigkeit, aber auch Hyperfokus und kreatives Potenzial

Große schwedische Studie zeigt: 7,5% der Personen mit ADHS haben eine diagnostizierte Schlafstörung - im Vergleich zu nur 1,5% ohne ADHS. Das ist ein 8-fach höheres Risiko. 😴🔍 Zudem bekamen 47,5% der...

I invite you to Google ADHD and trauma symptoms overlap. Each and every venn diagram has a ✨different set✨ of things overlapping. Once again, I think these list are made by outside observation...

Faulheit gibt es nicht, sagt der Sozialpsychologe Devon Price. Was wirklich dahinter steckt, wenn wir prokrastinieren, erklärt er im Interview.