weird AS sciencey stuff you're interested in this week?

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i imagine we all, at some point, will go off on little obsessions following our own thories about AS (thank you Google for being there to help)- so what have yours been recently??

my recent weird interest areas relating to AS-

having been convinced for ages im somehow, and in a mildly Dr Who way, more sensative to the physical presence of others, as well as daylight- im glad to discover science is there to back me up.
it's the human electromagnetic feild- and really related to AS- its all that mirror neuron stuff. plus the pictures are fun.

http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&source=h ... bd52aa0dd7

-brainwaves, and how to relax, sleep better, etc. tried it from all angles, but this site made me smile. plus, i just LOVE this picture. also- having used a hammock before, its amazingly relaxing, so- could it work????
http://www.alphawaveengineers.com/benefits.html

yeah- i was asking more about aspects of your AS, and what stuff youve been researching.
but ok, go north.

my apologies- i thought you were being facetious.

its amazing, isnt it? i went off on that about a fortnight! but couldnt actually work out what to do with it. have you taken it anywhere? made a foil hat or anything?? IS THIS YOU??

(cant add html for some reason, sorry for links)-
http://www.cellphones.ca/news/post001468/

also- im relieved to know foil hats have their own wikipedia entry. who says the internet is filled with rubbish?

anyway, elc mag feilds a really interesting. im vaguely tempted to experiment w minor electric shocks (not very much, though).

You can tell north even if you're not given any cues? Interesting; I knew we had electromagnetic fields (obviously; that's how we measure EEGs and EKGs); but I never knew anyone could consciously sense what was happening to theirs. I mean, they're quite weak fields, much weaker than what's coming out of your wall socket... On the other hand, some birds can sense magnetic north, so it's possible for an organism to do it. Just didn't know it was possible for a human.

OK, so now you have to experiment... expose yourself to some heavy duty power lines and see if it messes up your orientation like it does for birds... also, see what happens if your orientation changes while you're asleep, like maybe sleeping in a car, and see if you can still tell where you are before you open your eyes (make sure to try at night so the sunlight doesn't give things away...)

Seems to me what you have to figure out is if it's actually electromagnetic, or whether you have a really good memory for direction, or something else altogether.

I mean, lots of people can tell north by sunlight or stars or just remembering where they are and which way they're pointed; but an instinctive awareness of north is kind of unique, maybe like having perfect pitch or something.

My brother tells me he can tell where magnetic North is without any visual cues. It's beyond me. I thought they had dismissed the

idea of improper functioning of mirror neurons in explaining problems with social reciprocity. That was a disappointment, I thought

it was a cool theory. Something else that interests me is the possibility they say of the reason many autistics have trouble with

eye contact is improper functioning of the amygdala. The article that talked about these was in Scientific American. They also said

that a newborn will stick it's tongue out when it's mother stick's her tongue out first although the newborn has no context. I think

they were talking about that as an early diagnostic tool,to see if a child born autistic did not respond the way.

OP I love this stuff. More more more! My special interest is hungry!

It occurred to me that because my sensory issues evidently become considerably worse when I'm stressed, that the dysregulation of my sensory system might be a consequence of adrenalin sensitivity.

Because nonselective bloodbrain barrier crossing betablockers are effectively used in migraine prophylaxis. The migraine sufferers continue to get the headaches. They're just not nearly as painful. More like a regular headache apparently.

And because, I've read that a recent study found that there were noticeable stress induced increases in auditory sensitivity in mice.--They stressed the mice out by dunking them repeatedly in water. Bad day for the mouse.

I've been experimenting with my dosage of Inderal. Please don't lecture. I'm careful, because I don't want to compromise my adrenalin dependent longterm memory. And I do realize that it's just a wild guess on my part. I just enjoy a bit of at home experimenting.

Or, maybe it's cortisol, or something else that happens in the limbic system during stress.
I wish I knew.

Does anyone have any thoughts or info. about the role of adrenalin/ noradrenalin, or more generally, just stress, and sensory sensitivities?

um... cant everyone tell where north is a bit anyway?
i always put this down to simply being really light sensative- and unconsciously making a quick sun/pole calculation.

i thought the mirror neuron/magnetic feild thing was interestin. while none of the sources really link it much to being around other people, for me it's cause=effect.