tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510682683427247658.post27464347862236073..comments2023-10-23T03:27:56.661-04:00Comments on Autistic Aphorisms: Enhanced Perception in Savant SyndromeAlan Griswoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09942081543800127341noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510682683427247658.post-92137216461786491572009-05-05T18:18:00.000-04:002009-05-05T18:18:00.000-04:00You might find a blog I have interesting. I have ...You might find a blog I have interesting. I have an explanation why there is the reduction in communication abilities, it has to do with the size of the maternal pelvis, which limits the size of the brain at birth (even so, there is significant infant and maternal death due to cephalopelvic disproportion, something that is unknown in animals). The fetal brain is epigenetically programmed in utero to accomplish the major tasks that individual will require to do over their lifetime. I see autism as the extreme end along the trade-off between a “theory of mind” and a “theory of reality”.<br /><br />http://daedalus2u.blogspot.com/2008/10/theory-of-mind-vs-theory-of-reality.htmldaedalus2uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10416564922288784455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3510682683427247658.post-67036312668999722162009-05-02T19:51:00.000-04:002009-05-02T19:51:00.000-04:00A most excellent post. BTW, this, to me, bears re...A most excellent post. BTW, this, to me, bears repeating:<br /><br />"To the best of my knowledge, this marks the first time an autism research paper has clearly set forth an affirmative description of autistic perception and cognition, and thus stands in marked contrast to an entire autism research literature that has been established around putative deficits as the preferred means to characterize this condition."hollywoodjadedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04013967843734680828noreply@blogger.com