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AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER - Coggle Diagram
AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER
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MAIN TYPES
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PDD-NOS
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IQ typically higher than Autism, lower than AS
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POSSIBLE CAUSES
CENTRAL COHERENCE DEFICIT
= the inability to centralise external stimuli to
one single encompassing unity, favoruing
partial processing over whole-processing
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Habituation = a non-associative proces in which repeatedly presented stimuli lose their capacity to generate a response
INTENSE WORLD THEORY
= autistic traits could emerge if a molecular syndrome is activitated that sensitises gene expression pathways to respond excessiively to environmental stimuli.
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PRAGMATIC PROBLEMS
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Difficulty in applying and interpreting figurative language (e.g. sarcasm, irony, hyperboles, etc.)
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