They don't know it, but this article is also about autism.

dmnews.com/j-a-p-psychologists…

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Psychologists say people who need to be alone after socializing aren't recharging from exhaustion.

The quiet after socializing isn't recovery from depletion — it's your brain running a complex sorting algorithm on every micro-expression, tonal shift, and unspoken tension you absorbed, and some of us simply have more data to process.

^{Bernadette Donovan (Direct Message News)}

Have you wondered where the claim that autistic people lack empathy came from?

The “jellyfish” study (2011) was influential in this, as it concluded that autistic people lacked Theory of Mind & capacity for moral reasoning.

medicalxpress.com/news/2011-01…

In the fictional scenario given to participants, Janet tells a friend it’s safe to swim with jellyfish. She believes they’re harmless. The friend is stung and dies.

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Neuroscientists find evidence that autistic patients have trouble understanding others' intentions

(PhysOrg.com) -- A study from MIT neuroscientists reveals that high-functioning autistic adults appear to have trouble using theory of mind to make moral judgments in certain situations.

^{Anne Trafton (Medical Xpress)}

In my latest article, I explore how monotropism creates a vertical temporality. This concept bridges quantum physics and Jung's Spirit of the Depths. It represents a form of existence that functions elsewhere, far from the logic of the clock.
Read the full piece here: medium.com/@christian.gajewski…

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