Psychology

Feb 176 min read

Personality Disorders and Autism (1):

Is there a hidden connection? Personality Disorders (PDs) and ASDs are distinct yet interconnected psychiatric disorders/ psychological...

Aug 25, 20234 min read

Psychosis and Autism (3):

Distinct features and diagnostic challenges of psychosis in autism Although there is a considerable overlap in symptoms, it is important...

Aug 14, 20234 min read

Psychosis and Autism (2):

Prevalence and comorbidity Comorbidity, or the coexistence of two or more disorders, is common in both autistic individuals and people...

Jul 28, 20236 min read

Psychosis and Autism (1):

Overlapping symptoms and differences Psychosis Psychosis is not a diagnosis in and of itself but rather a cluster of symptoms present in...

Dec 9, 20223 min read

Conscious and subconscious perception and how it is reflected in memory and thinking

The way we perceive the world affects the way we store and use information. The conscious mind is not the only way of receiving...

Apr 29, 20223 min read

Placebo and Nocebo Effects

The placebo effect can be defined as the power of the mind and the unconscious to heal in response to something (whether sugar pills or...

Oct 1, 20213 min read

Theory of Mind (and alleged lack of it) in autism

According to some researchers (e.g., Ramachandran 1995), it is mirror neurons that allow us to "read" and understand another's...

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Sep 24, 20213 min read

'Broken mirror neurons’ are said to explain autism:

But do they? Giacomo Rizzollati and colleagues (1992) conducted experiments on monkeys, recording signals from parts of the frontal lobes...

Sep 3, 20214 min read

Looking for triggers of ‘challenging behaviours’ in autism.

It is not as simple as ABC When we come across a behaviour that’s difficult, there’s a popular method that’s used to help parents and...

Aug 6, 20213 min read

Tourette syndrome and Autism

Gilles de la Tourette syndrome or Tourette syndrome (TS) is a neurological disorder characterized by sudden, brief, repetitive,...