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Rocket123
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24 Oct 2014, 1:20 pm

olympiadis wrote:
PunitShah wrote:
Here is a recent talk by Prof Happé on mentalising: You tube - "Mindreading" as a gatekeeper in development: Neurotypical and Autistic pathways to learning


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcSaC1DfqV4

Thank you for sharing this. It was an excellent video. I particularly liked the discussion at the end (55:15) describing the ?mapping? of social cognition. As I have always found the term, social cognition, to be confusing.

As a note, the latest edition of the ?The Psychologist? (see: http://www.thepsychologist.org.uk) is a special edition on Autism. It is available for free.



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24 Oct 2014, 5:34 pm

It seems to me, ironically, that the massive generalisation "ASD people can't mentalize" is a very black and white way of looking at things - lacking any concept of the diversity that exists. We are not carbon copies and there is enormous diversity in our population.