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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are alexithymia & prosopagnosia on a spectrum? |
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Posted: 02 Dec 2017, 5:25 pm
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| There is some recent research at Ben-Gurion University by Gideon Rosenthal regarding the connection of facial processing areas in the brain. For people who have a normal ability to recognize faces, the anterio temporal cortex appears to act as a hub connecting the various facial processing areas of ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are alexithymia & prosopagnosia on a spectrum? |
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Posted: 02 Dec 2017, 5:08 pm
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| Have you done the Cambridge Face Memory Test (http://www.bbk.ac.uk/psychology/psychologyexperiments/experiments/facememorytest/startup.php)? The average score is 80% and anything under 65% indicates possible face blindness. I scored 38%. 8) The very fact that it's giving a numeric score rather than... |
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Forum: Off the Wall: Forum Games, Quizzes, Roleplaying, etc. Topic: This or That |
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Posted: 02 Dec 2017, 4:51 pm
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Leather. Unless it's for a tent. (Try to imagine a leather tent.)
Domestic or foreign? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Are alexithymia & prosopagnosia on a spectrum? |
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Posted: 02 Dec 2017, 4:50 pm
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| Hello all. My first day on Wrong Planet and I am reading some fascinating stuff!! There is currently no research to suggest that prosopagnosia and alexithymia are on a spectrum or explicitly related, but this is something that is definitely definitely worth investigation. We (see our website troubl... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Diagnostic process - questionnaire scores |
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Posted: 02 Dec 2017, 4:39 pm
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Replies: 10
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Forum: Off the Wall: Forum Games, Quizzes, Roleplaying, etc. Topic: This or That |
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Posted: 02 Dec 2017, 4:26 pm
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Vintage, for sure.
Adobe or wood frame? |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What if Congress were to... |
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Posted: 02 Dec 2017, 4:22 pm
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Replies: 14
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| Well... on the upside this hypothetical Amish theocracy would lead America back into the horse and buggy era. No cars. Just horses and buggies, and steam locomotives. Air travel would be via helium dirigibles (not hydrogen like the Hindenburg, just non flammable helium like the goodyear blimps). So... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: What's on your mind right now? |
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Posted: 02 Dec 2017, 4:14 pm
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lostonearth35 wrote: How I should start putting up my xmas decorations. But since the world will be nuked soon, what's the point? A bunch of tacky ornaments that symbolize love and peace are not going to take away the real-life terror and hate.
Why do you think the world will be nuked soon? Is it wishful thinking? |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Record requests for gun registration on Black Friday |
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Posted: 02 Dec 2017, 4:09 pm
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Replies: 14
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| Black Friday posts new single day record for gun checks at more than 200,000 In all, the FBI fielded 203,086 requests on Black Friday, up from the previous single-day highs of 185,713 last year and 185,345 in 2015. The two previous records also were recorded on Black Friday. Gun checks, required fo... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Looking for people who like history |
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Posted: 02 Dec 2017, 3:59 pm
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Replies: 17
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| I like to read about history occasionally, but am hardly an expert at any of it. |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: "Russia-gate Turns out to be Israel-gate... |
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Posted: 02 Dec 2017, 3:56 pm
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Replies: 46
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| I think that just the offer of a quid pro quo is significant. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Being provided a living If one can't work |
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Posted: 02 Dec 2017, 3:54 pm
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Replies: 23
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| People should be forced against their will to appease potential suicidal people? Where does it end ... people should be forced to marry lonely people, because lonely people might suicide? Either a. Others are obligated to provide those who can't provide themselves a living to keep them from violati... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What if Congress were to... |
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Posted: 02 Dec 2017, 2:49 pm
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| Well... on the upside this hypothetical Amish theocracy would lead America back into the horse and buggy era. No cars. Just horses and buggies, and steam locomotives. Air travel would be via helium dirigibles (not hydrogen like the Hindenburg, just non flammable helium like the goodyear blimps). So... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What if Congress were to... |
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Posted: 02 Dec 2017, 2:47 pm
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| Well... on the upside this hypothetical Amish theocracy would lead America back into the horse and buggy era. No cars. Just horses and buggies, and steam locomotives. Air travel would be via helium dirigibles (not hydrogen like the Hindenburg, just non flammable helium like the goodyear blimps). So... |
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Forum: WrongPlanet.net discussion Topic: Registration doesn't work at all |
| kokopelli |
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Posted: 02 Dec 2017, 2:31 pm
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Replies: 8
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| Are you using the same email address ? maybe you can't have two accounts with the same email ? It was a different address. I could use the same address, if necessary. I think the website is just glitching out at the moment , try again later or another day. Thanks. I made it on today. By the way, wh... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Teen sex slave jailed for killing her abuser |
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Posted: 02 Dec 2017, 2:23 pm
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Replies: 47
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| From what I understand, it used to be the case in my state that a girl's sexual history was material. If a man was charged with having sex with an under-aged prostitute, he had a defense if he could show that she was a prostitute. Since then, the law has changed and now there is no defense to the c... |
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