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cw10
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24 Aug 2011, 5:32 am

First watch this:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rl2LwnaUA-k&feature=relmfu[/youtube]

Then look into this:

http://www.google.com/search?source=ig& ... 40&bih=762

Interesting.


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24 Aug 2011, 7:36 am

I had asked this forum about marijuana use as it pertains to facial (empathy) recognition. Something told me to look it up. Apparently Marijuana affects the left fusiform gyrus, it increases brain cells there, so there may actually be a connection for some Aspies with empathy facial cue issues there like myself. Here's the link:

http://www.mendeley.com/research/altere ... ana-users/



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24 Aug 2011, 9:54 am

Interesting ...


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24 Aug 2011, 3:28 pm

I thought this might gather more reaction.