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To: NormsRevenge
"Excessive brain growth does not allow time for accumulation of experiences and emotions that guide and shape normal behavior."

So basically the hardware of the brain out paces the software of the brain. This explains a lot and will probably lead to better treatments for autism in the near future.

This a very good thing to learn.

7 posted on 07/16/2003 8:09:58 PM PDT by Paul C. Jesup
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To: Paul C. Jesup
"Excessive brain growth does not allow time for accumulation of experiences and emotions that guide and shape normal behavior."

"So basically the hardware of the brain out paces the software of the brain. This explains a lot and will probably lead to better treatments for autism in the near future."

This seems to me to square with what Temple Grandin (a high-functioning autistic woman) has to say about her early childhood: that she was very much over stimulated by sensory inputs that are part of the everyday environment, that she couldn't stand various sounds and physical sensations; they were tormenting to her.way too much for her to handle.

8 posted on 07/16/2003 8:42:53 PM PDT by Irene Adler
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