Autistic people see simple movement faster than NTs

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"Children with autism see simple movement twice as quickly as other children their age"

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 131829.htm

Makes sense.

Interesting findings. I like the way the article makes out that "autistic people have sensory issues" is big news though.

So we get overloaded and instead of this being one symptom it seems to be the root cause of all our problems.

Makes sense to me also.

It's yet another way in which we are like cats!
Amelia

Interesting article, and I love studies like those.

It almost sounds like they think we are "suffering" even if we are in a totally controlled environment of our own making. I try to avoid most things that trigger overloads now, and I feel much better than when I couldn't. Still, right now things like the fan in the kitchen (and the computer) and the blinking light of my xbox controller is making me annoyed so I guess I'm not entirely successful.. But I'd much rather be me and be annoyed by that and keep my enhanced processing.

It would be interesting if they did more research, but instead with people with only higher than average intelligence. Wonder if they would talk about "we have to stop the overactive neural responses! THEY TAKE IN MORE INPUT AND FASTER THAN STUPID PEOPLE!! ! HALP HALP"...
I mean, it is nice seeing recognition that this is something that can be awful at times (and more than just at times for some).. But it is probably responsible for much of the good things we have (intelligence, focus, etc) together with double the amount of neurons.
The findings showed that we have superior senses, that is a good thing.

This was the most WTF of the entire article. First I was happy that they would say something about how it's so much more than about "communication" and then they went right back to communication being the most important thing ever...

communication IS the most important thing ever. they don't even know...
our brain cells must communicate or we die
unless i want to grow my own pizzas I must communicate.

synergism is most often created via communication.
and may be the only way.

anything without communication is just a big pile of rocks.

unless you mean small talk* -which in my opinion is merely moldy vocal garbage.


* pointless noise generated for the psycho-emotional benefit for at least one moronic oxygen wasting organism.
unless they're cute...

Yes!
They seem to mean "small-talking in a for an NT enjoyable/understandable way" when they say communicating or socializing.

The most surprising thing that I learned from this article is that epilepsy is "strongly linked" to autism and that "up to a third" of all autistic people have epilepsy. I've read a lot about autism these past few months and this is the first I've heard of a link between the two conditions. Interesting.

Well - if nothing else this explains exactly why fast moving things are so damn distracting for me.

I want to see the test that proves this. Not because I doubt it. I'm just too curious.

Thanks for posting this! I find it very interesting and I definitely connected with what they were saying.

To me, this explains one reason why I can't handle crowds - too much motion!!

And also why I can't talk with people when in a busy environment because I am so distracted by the motion around them that I have to keep looking at it, can't concentrate, plus I look like I am really bored by what they are saying (people who look everywhere else come across as disinterested because it looks like you aren't listening to them).

Hmm. I like this study. It is approaching the puzzle from a different side. Perhaps they could try a larger sample group, or other researchers run similar tests. Repeat the results, modify testing to pin down exactly how the autistic brain functions differently from the neurotypical one in these conditions.

This is consistent with my experiences.

Could this explain why I get so jumpy with bugs and things that move suddenly and quickly, and react stronger than others?

Is it just me or has anyone else here noticed that you seem to BE faster than NT's?

I've only just realized that in raising my kids I was surprised at how S-L-O-W they were. I know I walk fast (my usuall pace is about 3mph, which is a pretty good clip) because my kids were always asking me to slow down (& I was telling them to speed up!)