bbc-bananasplit
Well-Known Member
I would like to share this excerpt of my research [out of my own obsessive interest to get hold of myself^^] on autism-spectrum/NT-functioning/thinking/perception and psychology, so as - hopefully - it may be of help to anyone.
coherent: this means, that a coherent NT system is able to reflect upon itsself from a distance; or through somebody else's eyes. this means that a NT system is able to perceive itsself as one thing [a coherent, integrated self] in parallel to another self - making it possible to relate, differentiate, compare etc. to another self [another person], which is perceived as an equally functioning system. this means to perceive onself as self among other self - simultaniously - resulting in such things as common sense.
incoherent: this means, that the autistic system cannot quite perceive itsself as one thing - making it potentially instable, since it lacks selfperception and integration of its parts. nonetheless, it is quite capable of reflecting on its beeing - but, as I perceive it, only on its current state of being - which may change rapidly and appear, at times, splintered into various personality parts. in order to integrate such often contradicting parts it is necessary to perceive oneself from a distance - or, so to say, to get the big picture of oneself. missing this perspective of 3rd. person stance [viewing oneself from the outside/from a distance] or the pespective of the big picture makes it difficult to grasp the environment, other people and their actions, one's own actions and feelings/one's 'self' etc.. it is, so to say, a very narrow and flat point of view, missing depth and meaning, which results in a perception of the world in many unrelated pieces [or details] but a lack of larger focus.
--
multi-processual: the NT cerebrum is a highly automated system which enables it to use its attention on various actions of external importance. it may devide and direct its attention and switch tasks with little effort. however, its automated processes, especially in the socialized world, make it vulnerable to many perceptional biases. as the system relies heavily on the its subconscious-automated processing of internal and external inputs it it is to great degree dependent on its automation. this what one may call inside-the-box-thinking.
mono-processual: the autistic cerebrum lacks integration of its own internal processes [resulting in hyperconsciousness], as well as the integration of external input [resulting in overflow]. the autistic cerebrum is automated to little degree, only - or, so to say, a manually operated system. one may say that it lacks the automated functioning necessary to function in the everyday world, which is fitted for highly automated systems, as its capability of informational processing and its processing speed is low. this is its weakness as well as its strength: due to its lack of automation it excells at observational, logical, analytic tasks, as well as in collecting, categorizing, theorizing. the lack of automation may also result in a somewhat unusual view of the world, strange bevahiour and ideas - or outside-the-box-thinking.
--
parallel functiong: essentially, this is similar to multi-processual functioning. it may be a different approch to thinking, meaning that the NT system may easily hold more than one train of thought in mind in parallel; or more than one thought object of attentional focus. a comparison is the working memory of a computer: in this the computer is capable of running more than one programme at once, comparing the various inputs and outputs.
sequence functiong: often, the autistic system is capable of holding only one train of thought in mind - lacking therefore the ability of mentalized comparison of two things. when pondering problems this often results in endless loops [lack of big picture/of total perspectiv from distance] and it may help to lay out one's thoughts verbally or visually on a paper/on PC. an effect of this way of thinking is that action and thought are sequenced chains, which - when interrupted - are hard to pick up again, since the chain of meaning is disrupted. this accounts for the inflexibility in thought and actions, rigid patterns in thought and behaviour, stress and anxiety in enviroments that demand constant task switching and perception/processing of more than one item at once.
coherent: this means, that a coherent NT system is able to reflect upon itsself from a distance; or through somebody else's eyes. this means that a NT system is able to perceive itsself as one thing [a coherent, integrated self] in parallel to another self - making it possible to relate, differentiate, compare etc. to another self [another person], which is perceived as an equally functioning system. this means to perceive onself as self among other self - simultaniously - resulting in such things as common sense.
incoherent: this means, that the autistic system cannot quite perceive itsself as one thing - making it potentially instable, since it lacks selfperception and integration of its parts. nonetheless, it is quite capable of reflecting on its beeing - but, as I perceive it, only on its current state of being - which may change rapidly and appear, at times, splintered into various personality parts. in order to integrate such often contradicting parts it is necessary to perceive oneself from a distance - or, so to say, to get the big picture of oneself. missing this perspective of 3rd. person stance [viewing oneself from the outside/from a distance] or the pespective of the big picture makes it difficult to grasp the environment, other people and their actions, one's own actions and feelings/one's 'self' etc.. it is, so to say, a very narrow and flat point of view, missing depth and meaning, which results in a perception of the world in many unrelated pieces [or details] but a lack of larger focus.
--
multi-processual: the NT cerebrum is a highly automated system which enables it to use its attention on various actions of external importance. it may devide and direct its attention and switch tasks with little effort. however, its automated processes, especially in the socialized world, make it vulnerable to many perceptional biases. as the system relies heavily on the its subconscious-automated processing of internal and external inputs it it is to great degree dependent on its automation. this what one may call inside-the-box-thinking.
mono-processual: the autistic cerebrum lacks integration of its own internal processes [resulting in hyperconsciousness], as well as the integration of external input [resulting in overflow]. the autistic cerebrum is automated to little degree, only - or, so to say, a manually operated system. one may say that it lacks the automated functioning necessary to function in the everyday world, which is fitted for highly automated systems, as its capability of informational processing and its processing speed is low. this is its weakness as well as its strength: due to its lack of automation it excells at observational, logical, analytic tasks, as well as in collecting, categorizing, theorizing. the lack of automation may also result in a somewhat unusual view of the world, strange bevahiour and ideas - or outside-the-box-thinking.
--
parallel functiong: essentially, this is similar to multi-processual functioning. it may be a different approch to thinking, meaning that the NT system may easily hold more than one train of thought in mind in parallel; or more than one thought object of attentional focus. a comparison is the working memory of a computer: in this the computer is capable of running more than one programme at once, comparing the various inputs and outputs.
sequence functiong: often, the autistic system is capable of holding only one train of thought in mind - lacking therefore the ability of mentalized comparison of two things. when pondering problems this often results in endless loops [lack of big picture/of total perspectiv from distance] and it may help to lay out one's thoughts verbally or visually on a paper/on PC. an effect of this way of thinking is that action and thought are sequenced chains, which - when interrupted - are hard to pick up again, since the chain of meaning is disrupted. this accounts for the inflexibility in thought and actions, rigid patterns in thought and behaviour, stress and anxiety in enviroments that demand constant task switching and perception/processing of more than one item at once.
