PSYC 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 60: Temporal Lobe, Superior Temporal Sulcus, Conduct Disorder
16 Mar 2017
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Symptoms of autistic disorder failure to develop normal social relationships self-absorbed. Avoid eye contact; do not look at others, or smile. Do not want to be held or touched. Abnormal language development they may echo was is said to them and refer to themselves in second or third person (e. g. you want some milk means i want some milk) Yes) show stereotyped movements (e. g. flapping hands or rocking back and forth) Become obsessed with investigating objects, sniffing, touching, moving them. Preoccupied with arranging objects or items in a pattern formation insist on following particular routine and become violently upset when prevented from doing so lack of imaginative ability some have isolated skills (e. g. mathematical skills) Autistics show no activation of fusiform gyrus. 121: fusiform face area of autistics fail to respond to human faces because autistic spend little time studying other people"s faces, not because of abnormalities in the ffa.
