Thinking in Pictures Flashcards
The 1986 Emergence: Labeled Autistic was the first book to have an inside account of what?
Autism
Who published a book in the 1940s that was virtually ignored for 40 years but realized the “higher” forms of autism?
Hans Asperger
What was the original title for this book?
A Cow’s Eye View
What is said to be lacking in people with autism by cognitive theorists?
Theory of mind
Does Temple Grandin romanticize autism, downplay mow much it’s cut her off from the social world, or neither?
Neither
If Temple could snap her fingers and get rid of her autism, would she?
No
Temple says she thinks in what, with words being like a second language?
Pictures
In Temple’s case, each video memory triggers what, which can get her off track as they may be unrelated, although she can stop them and get back on track?
Video memory
More severely impaired people, who can speak but not explain how they think, have highly what thought patterns?
Associational
Brains of people on the autism spectrum tend to focus on the what instead of the larger concepts?
Smaller details
The three sorts of categories of specialized brains are what thinkers, music and math thinkers, and verbal logic thinkers?
Visual thinkers
Do individuals on the autism/Asperger spectrum have difficulty with forming concepts?
Yes
What is the first sign a baby might have autism?
Stiffens up and resists being touched
Autism is how much more common in boys than girls?
Three times
Do most cases of autism have a strong genetic basis?
Yes
The autism rate in genetically identical twins is what percentage? For genetically non identifiable twins it is 35% and for siblings it is 4%.
90%
How many cattle are moved through handling facilities that Temple has designed?
1/3rd
Do people with autism tend to have the lowest oversensitivity with vision, smell, or touch?
Smell
People who are interested more in things than people are called what?
Systemizers
