Autism, Intelligence and Consciousness, Rodney M. J.

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Titel: Autism, Intelligence and Consciousness. Særudgivelse.
ISBN: 87-7304-254-4
Forfatter: Rodney M. J. Cotterill
Udgiver: Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab; commissioner: Munksgaard
År: 1994
Sider: 93
Format: Paperback
Fragt: sendes mod porto.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Tilstand: Fremstår som ny
IKKE-RYGER HJEM

Abstract:
\"A new theory of autism is presented, and its connection with the concepts of intelligence and consciousness are explored. The theory aims at explaining those aspects of autism which are not encompassed in the currently-popular view that the syndrome is related to the autistic person’s lack of a theory of mind. These other characteristics include ritualistic and bizarre movements, an insistence on sameness, and impaired motility. The new theory also attaches considerable signifi­ cance to the fact that about one third of all autistic patients also suffer from epilepsy. This leads to the suggestion that the underlying cause of autism is what experimental psychologists refer to as breakthrough, the inappropriate occurrence of this in the autistic patient being caused by a fail­ ure of inhibition at the neuronal level. It is argued that such breakthrough will influence the patient’s ability to process sensory information, and that it will thus affect certain aspects of the patient’s intelligence. It is also argued that a proper analysis of intelligence requires an under­ standing of consciousness, and tentative theories of both those attributes are put forward. Final­ ly, an attempt is made to link certain aspects of intelligence to possession of a theory ofmind, and thus explain all observed features of autism in a unified manner\".-
RODNEYM. J. COTTERILL, Division of Biophysics, Physics Department, Danish Technical University.