Researchers find out we compensate by scripting

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17 Mar 2015, 7:42 pm

Trigger Warning Ablelist Language again
http://sfari.org/news-and-opinion/viewpoint/2015/powerful-memory-system-may-compensate-for-autisms-deficits

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17 Mar 2015, 7:44 pm

Don't you agree that this "finding" was a foregone conclusion?

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17 Mar 2015, 7:49 pm

kraftiekortie wrote:

Don't you agree that this "finding" was a foregone conclusion?

Yes. I should have noted that the post is total sarcasm on my part

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17 Mar 2015, 7:51 pm

This has already been known for a long time. I know that it was known that we use scripts 20 years ago, so it's hardly new.

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17 Mar 2015, 7:52 pm

LOL...you find quite a bit of this sort of research--of the kind which finds that, yes, people DO get hurt if they are hit with a hammer.

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17 Mar 2015, 8:00 pm

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For example, the right hemisphere may compensate for some left hemisphere damage, helping individuals recover from language impairments

Did Bruno Bettelheim rise from the dead and write this piece or did Susan Wright? (Sarcasm)

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17 Mar 2015, 8:02 pm

That's called "brain plasticity." It's been proven beyond the shadow of a doubt in many instances--even in the 19th century or previously.

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17 Mar 2015, 8:07 pm

Another :salut: moment for science :roll:

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17 Mar 2015, 8:26 pm

We should look for some more "no s**t, Sherlock" type research findings!

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17 Mar 2015, 8:56 pm

I think ASPartofme made an excellent point--which reveals the extent of ignorance amongst the "general public" relating to people on the Spectrum.

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17 Mar 2015, 9:07 pm

In other breaking news, rain is wet! :wink:

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17 Mar 2015, 9:12 pm

Yep....a study published in the Global Journal of Meteorology has proven, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that:

The Rain In Spain Falls Mainly on the Plain.

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17 Mar 2015, 9:14 pm

The article does not clearly distinguish between long known facts, i.e. behavioural evidence for scripting, and relatively recent research results, i.e. neurological evidence for the use of declarative learning.

The recent research results part of the article boils down to:

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Brain evidence from techniques such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) also supports a role for declarative memory in compensation. A number of studies have found that people with autism, OCD or SLI, but not controls, show activation in regions of the brain responsible for declarative memory when performing tasks involving social skills, planning or grammar20-26. In some tasks that show this pattern, individuals with these disorders actually perform as well as controls, suggesting that their compensation is successful.

What’s more, correlational evidence has shown that people with SLI, dyslexia, OCD or Tourette syndrome who seem to have better declarative memory have fewer or milder deficits — such as obsessions, tics, grammar or reading problems — than those whose declarative memory is weaker27-31. We are not aware of any studies examining this type of correlation in autism. But the declarative memory weaknesses seen in people with low-functioning autism might help explain why this group is more severely affected in the first place.

A case of self marketing or meeting target objectives in terms of word count and number of references.

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17 Mar 2015, 9:21 pm

Both could be used as "compensatory strategies."

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17 Mar 2015, 9:55 pm

kraftiekortie wrote:

Both could be used as "compensatory strategies."

I think neurological evidence for use of declarative learning/memory is seen as neurological evidence for scripting. The scientists have to see evidence in terms of measured brain activity. They don't believe people who tell them they are using scripts.

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17 Mar 2015, 10:01 pm

The girl on the video is CUTE ! !!

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