A Radical Theory of Autism

Mirror neurons, the cells in the brain that fire when watching others do actions, might be deficient in people with autism. Perhaps, drugs like ecstasy that enhance empathy, could be used to treat this deficiency.

Check out the rest of V.S. Ramachandran's interview at http://bigthink.com/vsramachandran.

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[cuntscab555]

mdma is great for autism, i can confirm this. slight downside is it promotes oxytocin transmission, leading to in- and out-group thinking of the kind that leads nonautistics to fear outsiders

[gaglamesh731]

Am I the only who thinks that's a hypothesis rather than a theory ?

[coviox]

@gaglamesh731 Yeah you're right, it is a hypothesis. Like he says at the end. "All of this is hypothetical and purely speculative." Good catch, they made a mistake in naming the video. XD

[piloooogen]

As an autistic I found this really interesting

[habanerat]

Is that English?

[panterasux22]

@cuntscab555 so... like... is it just one scab or is it covered in them?

[cuntscab555]

@panterasux22 hi. what?

[panterasux22]

@cuntscab555 cuntscab...

[panterasux22]

@gaglamesh731 let's not quibble over semantics

[robynsteward]

This is an interesting theory but what about some of the skills, which people can have if they have autism such as concentration, and special interests theses have made people like Einstein brilliant, whilst not everybody will be a prolific scientist surly the small differences to peoples communities people with ASSD's make, for example a well run computer network in a university allowing students to learn are important contributions.

[demonfelix]

@Zen4Zorba He's trying to hypnotize us into tasting colors;)