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Nuerodiversity led to a paradigm shift, allowing for

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a greater input from the autistic community and collaborative research practices

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The social model of disability aligns with neurodiversity as it

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it takes social and environmental factors into count

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The medical model of disability assumes impairment and tries to

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fix the problem

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Markers of a universal theory must be

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specific (apply to all members of group)

Sensitive (explain all features of the condition)

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a universal theory tries to

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explain one component that explains differences between groups

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Differences in _____ _______ recognition in autistic community

potentially driven by

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facial emotion

a subgroup eho performed poorer on a facial emotion recognition task, an who also showed differences in neural processing and clinically defined features of autism

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Higher rates of ______ found in autistic people

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alexithymia

also associated with higher clinically defined features of autism and increased levels of experienced anxiety

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  • _____% of the English population diagnosed autistic
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0.82

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DSM criteria autism

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Differences in social communication and interaction
- Specific patterns of behaviour, passionate interests, or focused activities
- Sensory hyper- or hypo-sensitivities

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Concordance rates of autism

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Twins: MZ rates: 60%, DZ
rates: 5%;

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Co-occurring diagnoses
are common in people
with autism across the
lifespan, e.g.:

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ADHD (28%)
* Anxiety (20%)
* Depression (11%)

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Fact: Most up-to-date
estimate ratio of autistic
males to females is

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3:1.

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“Girls who meet criteria for
[autism] are at disproportionate
risk of not receiving a clinical
diagnosis.”

Why ?

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  • Genetic differences and susceptibility
  • Underdiagnosis of autistic women and girls
  • Differences in characteristics and traits
  • Camouflaging
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Camouflaging Autistic Traits Questionnaire – CAT-Q

Three subscales:

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Masking: strategies used to hide autistic characteristics or portray a non-autistic persona

Compensation: strategies used to actively compensate for difficulties in social situations

Assimilation: Strategies that reflect trying to fit in with others in social situations (the motivation)

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which gender camouflages more

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females

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Theory of Mind:

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: the ability to attribute independent mental
states to oneself and others to explain their behaviour

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  • Evidence for differences in mentalising at the neural level
    is
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inconsistent

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18
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The Double Empathy Problem can lead to

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a breakdown in
mutual understanding between autistic and non-autistic
people

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levels of acetylcholine are high in the

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hippocampus and neocortex

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20
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acetylcholine role in sleep

where is this produced to cause this effect

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activating AcH neurones in the basal forebrain causes wakefulness

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i AcH high or low in slow wave sleep

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low

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Norepinephrine/Noradrenaline

Activity of noradrenergic locus coeruleus- neurons increases ______

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vigilance

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23
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Norepinephrine increases or decreases during wakefulness

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increases

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24
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how is serotonin involved in arousal.

how do concentrations change during sleep/wake cycle

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serotonergic neurons are most active during waking, steadily decline during sleep to almost zero acivity in REM sleep.
The second after REM sleep, become very active

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25
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Stimulation of raphe nuclei (where most serotonergic neurons are found) causes

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locomotion and cortical arousal

26
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histaminergic neurons are located in the

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hypothalamus

27
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Drugs that prevent the synthesis of histamine or block histamine receptors do ….

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decrease waking,increase sleep

28
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activity in histaminergic neurons is high or low during slow wave and REM sleep

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low

29
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cells that secrete Orexin are located in the

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hypothalamus

30
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Orexin has a _____ effect in the _____ ______ and all other regions involved in arousal and wakefullness

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excitatory

cerebral cortex

31
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Activating neurons in the _____ ______ of mice awakens the animals from REM and non-REM sleep

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lateral hypothalamus

32
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does orexin fire more in sleep or awake

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more in awake

33
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alpha brain activity

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regular, medium frequency waves 8-12 Hz (resting quietly)

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beta brain activity

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irregular, mostly low amplitude waves

13 - 30 hz (alert and attentive)

35
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Stage 1 sleep d

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drowsy

Theta activity (3.5 - 7.5 Hz)

ab 10 mins

36
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Stage 2 sleep

2 characteristics specific to stage 2 sleep

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irregular EEG

Theta activity

sleep spindles - short bursts of waves 12-14 hz

K complexes - sudden sharp waveforms

37
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K complexes are associated with

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consolidation of memories

38
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increased number of sleep spindles are associated with

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higher scores on intelligence tests

39
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stage 3 and 4 , slow wave sleep

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high amplitude delta waves . slower than 3.5 Hz

slow wave oscillations

40
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slow wave oscillations have 2 states

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down state = inhibition in cortex. neurons in neocortex are silent. suggesting rest

up state = period of excitation where neurons briefly fire at a high rate

41
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REM sleep

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EEG desynchrony rapid irregular waves
- paralysis
- if woken, will be attentive and alert
- cerebral blood flow and oxygen consumption accelerated
- body temperature not regulated

42
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sleep is controlled by 3 factors

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homeostatic, allostatic, circadian

43
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primary homeostatic process of sleep

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presence or absence of adenosine

44
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allostatic control of sleep is mediated by

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hormonal and neural responses to stressful situations

45
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to promote sleep, what neurons become active and where

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group of GABAnergic neurons in the ventrolateral preoptic area (vlPOA) becomes active and suppresses activity of arousal neurons

46
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the sleep-wake flip-flop is ON when

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the sleep promoting neurons in the vlPOA are inhibited and the arousal neurons are active

= awake

47
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Morivation to stay awake is held by which NT

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Orexin

orexinergic neurons in the LH hold the flip-flop on, keeping you awake.

If you lose the motivation to stay awake, will be lack of orexin and flip flop will switch off

48
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What factors control the activity of the orexinergic neurons ?

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  • biological clock
  • hunger signals (stay awake)
  • satiety inhibit (so sleep)
  • build up of adenosine (happens as we are awake) inhibits input from vlPOA to Orexinergic neurons
49
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Acetylcholinergic neurons fire at a ____ rate in REM sleep

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high

50
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There is an REM sleep flip-flop

REM-ON neurons are located in the _____

REM-OFF neurons are located in the_____

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pons (in SLD)

midbrain (in vlPAG)

51
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During waking the REM -OFF region receives exitatory input from

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orexinergic neurons of the LH, tips REM flip-flop into OFF state

52
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how do specific neurons control the muscular paralysis of REM sleep

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when the REM flip-flop is on the ON state, motor neurons in the spinal chord become inhibited and cannot respond to the signals arising from the motor cortex in the course of a dream.

53
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  • Slow-wave sleep deprivation affects
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cognitive abilities,
especially sustained attention, but not physical abilities

54
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in slow wave sleep, Cerebral metabolic rate and blood
flow falls by about

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75%

55
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Rebound phenomenon, REM sleep

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If deprived of REM sleep, you will have more REM sleep in the
next sleep period

56
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Highest proportion of REM sleep occurs during

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brain
development.

57
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Why do adults continue to have REM sleep?

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Learning- both REM and slow-wave sleep
facilitate learning

58
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Slow-wave sleep and REM sleep
appear to play different roles in the consolidation of memories e.g.

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REM sleep facilitates consolidation of non-declarative memories

slow-wave sleep facilitates consolidation of declarative memories

59
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Studies by Peigneaux et al. (2004) and Wamsley et al. (2010)
investigated the role of slow-wave sleep in navigation (learning
your way around a virtual town)

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Both studies confirmed a role of slow-wave sleep in learning our
way around.
* We appear to rehearse the information during slow-wave sleep
and consolidate learning.

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Uom psych Sem 2 (42 decks)

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