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Muziek
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23 Mar 2018, 8:19 am

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Do some Autistics have trouble processing visual information


Yes, my whole life I see my surroundings unclear, I must make an effort to see clearly. NTs seem to see clearly naturally. However, when I am under stress even making an effort doesn't help anymore.

As a nice metaphysical side note:
What happens to me regularly is that while looking/searching for item, my conciousness has identified/found the item before I actually see it.

I don't know if it is autism, it could be AD(H)D related too.


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23 Mar 2018, 7:17 pm

Dear_one wrote:
I don't learn much by watching others. We are often deficient in mirror neuron activity.



Mirror neurons are about feeling information from people, it has nothing to do with visual information. A lot of autistics have excessive mirror neuron activity.



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23 Mar 2018, 7:24 pm

starcats wrote:
Dear_one wrote:
I don't learn much by watching others. We are often deficient in mirror neuron activity.



Mirror neurons are about feeling information from people, it has nothing to do with visual information. A lot of autistics have excessive mirror neuron activity.


Reference, please.