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Is the Flynn effect autism?
The Flynn effect refers to the tendency over the last century or so for IQ scores to increase each generation by a few points.
There is no link between vaccination and autism. It is pseudo-scientific ...
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Is autism caused by genetics?
In light of a recent question in MedicalSciences.SE, I thought I would update this answer to include some information from my answer there.
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) now affects one in 68 births ...
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Is it possible to become addicted to sleep deprivation?
Possibly of interest:
2011 study from Berkeley, published in the Journal of Neuroscience: Pulling an all-nighter can bring on euphoria and risky behavior: https://news.berkeley.edu/2011/03/22/pulling-...
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Can an autistic person have very advance language skills?
They may be referring to hyperlexia (rather than hyperverbal ability):
Hyperlexic children are characterized by word-reading ability well
above what would be expected given their age. ... Some ...
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Why does autism sometimes only visibly appear later in life?
It is important to remember when reading this question and answer is that Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) does not develop in adulthood, but symptoms can change for individuals over time because ...
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Why isn't high functioning autism recognized by the DSM-5 or the ICD-10?
Asperger's being "subsumed" in DSM-5 is not the whole story. There's indeed a new DSM-5 coding for the severity of the disorder. But applying the DSM-5 actual clinical criteria results in fewer people ...
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Is stacking cans really a sign of Asperger's?
Symptoms of Asperger’s Syndrome
difficulty recognizing social cues
awkward body language
social isolation
aloofness
fixation on certain objects
The picture (and idea) that “stacking cans” is in ...
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Adept noticing of microexpressions by autistic people
Clark et al, 2008 show impairment in ASD individuals for detection of the emotional content of microexpressions.
In general, ASD individuals have trouble discriminating the nuance of facial ...
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What is the evidence that mathematicians are more likely to have autistic traits than the rest of the population?
No. I can't seem to find a specific study into professional mathematicians or graduate students so far, the studies always seem to group the occupations together.
However, Baron-Cohen's team has ...
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is it possible to be severely autistic yet not being "visibly autistic"?
What you propose
Is it possible that someone has level-3 (severe) autism yet on superficial look or talk the disability does not appear?
is a contradiction in terms by the usual (DSM) definition of ...
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Test to evaluate attention in Autism
You don't say what language you want the tests to be in, so I'm assuming English.
In the book Evidence-Based Assessment in ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder), author Kenneth J. Aitken "describes and ...
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Why might sleeping on the floor alleviate PTSD symptoms?
Why might sleeping on the floor alleviate PTSD symptoms?
Question: Does sleeping on the floor have similar neurotransmitter effects, as sleeping under a weighted blanket might? Psychiatrically, would ...
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What is the effect of Binaural Beats on an Autistic brain?
The evidence in support of binaural beats as a therapeutic tool is sketchy: Is there scientific evidence on the benefits of binaural beats? Given our lack of understanding of if binaural beats can ...
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Can an autistic person have very advance language skills?
As an Autistic person myself, and as a person knowing many autistic people, I can assure you we indeed are capable of language. Even very low functioning autistic individuals are at least somewhat ...
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In technologically advanced countries, do most autistic adults not know they are autistic?
Short answer: Yes.
Modern estimates of global prevalence for autism are around 1-2% (for systematic reviews, see Baxter et al, 2015; Chiarotti & Venerosi, 2020). Prevalence rates appear stable ...
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Looking for literature on detailed developmental milestones (and their prerequisites) for a child of a given age
A good resource for psychological development is:
Sigelman, C. K., & Rider, E. A. (2017). Life-span human development 9th Edition. Wadsworth Publishing.
A sample can be viewed at https://read....
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Is it possible to become addicted to sleep deprivation?
"The more you do something (whether you particularly "enjoy" it or
not) the more likely you are to build it up as a habit"
This simply is not the case.
"So in this regard, ...
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Why does autism sometimes impede the ability to produce speech?
What is Autism?
Psychologists, psychoanalysts and neuroscientists all commonly apply a triune model of the brain :
The Reptilian complex (aka “instinct” aka “the Id”) : where primitive subconscious ...
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How does robot-assisted autism therapy compare to traditional autism therapy?
Robot-assisted therapy doesn't automatically mean that it is separate kind of therapy. You may for example teach an imitation by ABA principles with the robot. In other words, you are following ...
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Why isn't high functioning autism recognized by the DSM-5 or the ICD-10?
High-functioning autism along with Asperger's syndrome were both subsumed by Autism Spectrum Disorder in the DSM-5 in 2013. The Autism Society has a good page on the distinctions and history of these ...
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Excluding psychometry and interview methods, is there any physical or molecular method that can confirm mild autism?
No.
The key term that will help you look for research about this is the word "biomarker".
There are certainly correlations with autism and some of the measurement techniques, but they aren't ...
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Probiotics and Mental Health
The following, and more, is available at my blog article Microbiome and Probiotics: Gut bacteria can affect your mental health?
Answer to Question 1:
Can poor mental health affect the bidirectional ...
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What is the relationship between mathematical ability and autism?
It can range from savant-like skills to extreme dyscalculia, some are very mean or average.
The savant stereotype is caused mostly by many Western films which is applicable only for a small fraction ...
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How accurate are diagnoses on Autism to Children under 3 years old?
There was a study which examines the exact question you posed. This study, which was conducted by Stone et al. (1999) compared accuracy of diagnosis of autism and a pervasive developmental disorder ...
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Does Asperger's syndrome exist in other animal species?
It is difficult to identify autism definitively in other species, especially since autism encompasses a very diverse group of people who have different experiences.
However, because there is so much ...
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Article about DTI of Autistic Brain
The source of the image (which also appears here, here, and here) is the Walter Schneider lab at the University of Pittsburgh. They have a webpage about an episode of 60 Minutes that featured their ...
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Can an autistic person have very advance language skills?
Yes, this may happen with Asperger subtype of autism.
AS had already been described in 1981 by Lorna Wing, who first
proposed the term to refer to a special subgroup of children who,
according to ...
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What is the neurological basis for the association between Bipolar type 2 and autism spectrum disorder (ASD)?
Google Scholar identifies several learned articles that discuss the association/overlap between bipolar disorder type 2 and autism spectrum disorder (ASD), including:
Khanzada, N. S., Butler, M. G., &...
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What makes it necessary to define autism beyond perceptual dysfunction?
There are several other aspects that I think are not just "perceptions" but something more complicated.
Having an weak or a different theory of mind; that hinders processing in general how ...
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Clues for genetic basis in Autism Spectrum Disorders
There is a clear heritable component that seems to be "highly genetically heterogeneous and may be caused by both inheritable and de novo gene variations" (Rylaarsdam, Gomboa, 2019). There has been ...
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