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 Topic: Growing evidence for the extreme male brain theory of autism |
rdos
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 Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 6:06 am Subject: Growing evidence for the extreme male brain theory of autism |
I propose that He is not measureing masuline traits but something else for example scientific thinking.
Why not say extreme scientific brain as thats what the SQ seems to measure anyway.
Yes, I ... |
| Topic: Growing evidence for the extreme male brain theory of autism |
rdos
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 6:02 am Subject: Growing evidence for the extreme male brain theory of autism |
| The prevalence of Autistic Disorder is 4/5 males to 1 female, and Autistic Disorder is rarely missed; if this ratio transposes over the spectrum (as it logically should if Asperger's Disorder and Auti ... |
| Topic: Evolutionary theory of Autism |
rdos
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 5:56 am Subject: Evolutionary theory of Autism |
| Brain volume have clearly been shown to correlate to IQ-measures. Besides, if a species have large brain volume, it is also pretty likely this larger volume has some substantial function, otherwise it ... |
| Topic: Growing evidence for the extreme male brain theory of autism |
rdos
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 5:50 am Subject: Growing evidence for the extreme male brain theory of autism |
There is, however, evidence that some male aspergers have higher levels of testosterone - a minor comorbid issue, and ultimately meaningless.
Where is this evidence?
I think I had a few quest ... |
| Topic: Growing evidence for the extreme male brain theory of autism |
rdos
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 5:21 am Subject: Growing evidence for the extreme male brain theory of autism |
| What is wrong with it? Quite easily, the theory builds on the unsubstantiated claim that ASDs are much more common in males than in females. This is bunk, and therefore the theory is also bunk. The pr ... |
| Topic: Evolutionary theory of Autism |
rdos
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 5:17 am Subject: Evolutionary theory of Autism |
Neanderthals were not more intelligent than Homo Sapiens. They had larger brains, but they were folded differently and had less surface area, and thus less intellectual capability.
Total bunk. Si ... |
| Topic: Evolutionary theory of Autism |
rdos
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 5:11 am Subject: Re: Evolutionary theory of Autism |
I think there might be a little irony in that it’s possible that civilization would never have happened without AS’s, and in a sense NT’s and AS’s exist in a sort of symbiosis with each other.
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| Topic: Evolutionary theory of Autism |
rdos
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 5:05 am Subject: Evolutionary theory of Autism |
Sorry - this is an old, previously disproven theory.
Plagnol and Walls results are not particullary old. Ref: PLoS Genet 2006.
In lay mans terms; a genetic component from one species may adver ... |
| Topic: i did the aspie quiz today... |
rdos
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 2:02 am Subject: i did the aspie quiz today... |
| http://www.rdos.net/eng/Aspie-quiz.php |
| Topic: The Neanderthal Theory |
rdos
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 3:54 pm Subject: The Neanderthal Theory |
| Exactly, Callista. You don't want to study disabling autism, you would want to study mild AS or autistic traits, which is what the Aspie-quiz study did, and it made the conclusion that these traits se ... |
| Topic: Validity of the aspie quiz? |
rdos
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 2:39 am Subject: Validity of the aspie quiz? |
If you know what characteristics you are looking for , you can pretty much assure yourself an ASD "score " on the tests. They have no validity and are very very poorly designed.
Why are they poo ... |
| Topic: Validity of the aspie quiz? |
rdos
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 2:23 am Subject: Validity of the aspie quiz? |
How valid is Aspie-quiz?
Well, depends on what you want to do with it. I've heard professionals that use it as a tool in the diagnostic process, or that regard a high score as a good indication to ... |
| Topic: i did the aspie quiz today... |
rdos
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 10:15 am Subject: i did the aspie quiz today... |
| If you answer according to your current situation it is natural if scores go down. It just means you've become better at coping. If you want to know if you have the traits or not, you should answer ac ... |
| Topic: The Neanderthal Theory |
rdos
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 3:12 am Subject: The Neanderthal Theory |
O, and what's the rate of diagnosis of those who've taken the "aspie quiz" that you use in your "studies" (I'm assume that it is 100% in relation to your "NT" control group)?
I've skipped the NT-co ... |
| Topic: The Neanderthal Theory |
rdos
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 3:01 am Subject: The Neanderthal Theory |
| I know for a fact that the stats for the rate of marriage are accurate for Asperger's (2 to 30%), and HFA (effectively none at all, barring statistical outliers); I read the papers, and they're accura ... |
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