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Because autism is due to unusual "brain wiring", it is not
uncommon to have other neurological conditions along with it. Two little
known sensory related conditions which appear to be more common in autistics
are:
- Synaesthesia: Sometimes called "cross-sensory perception",
synaesthesia is when input from one sense is interpreted in another.
(eg. seeing sound, hearing light, tasting colour). It is very rare,
but more common in people with atypical neurology, including those with
autistic spectrum disorders.
- Prosopagnosia: Also known as "face blindness", this
condition impairs a person's ability to recognize human faces. It appears
to be somewhat more common in autistic spectrum disorders, but is usually
a result of brain damage. It is not the same as being able to connect
a name to a person. In autistic people, what appears to be prosopagnosia
may actually be due to lack of eye contact or social interest.
Articles
Is
there a normal phase of synaesthesia in Development?
by Simon Baron-Cohen
Synaesthesia:
An Account of Coloured Hearing
by John Harrison and Simon Baron-Cohen
Synesthesia:
Phenomenology And Neuropsychology A Review of Current Knowledge
by Richard E. Cytowic
Prosopagnosia:
A look at the laterality and specificity issues using evidence from neuropsychology
and neurophysiology (scroll down to second article on page)
by Mike Takamura
Resources
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Books
| Author: |
John E. Harrison (Editor), Simon Baron-Cohen (Editor) |
| Title: |
Synaesthesia : Classic and Contemporary Readings |
| Publisher: |
Blackwell Pub |
| ISBN |
0631197648 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Date: |
December 1996 |
| Author: |
Richard E. Cytowic |
| Title: |
The Man Who Tasted Shapes |
| Publisher: |
Bradford Books |
| ISBN |
0262531526 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Date: |
May 1998 |
| Author: |
Richard E. Cytowic |
| Title: |
Synesthesia : A Union of the Senses (Springer Series in Neuropsychology) |
| Publisher: |
Springer Verlag |
| ISBN |
0387968075 |
| Format: |
Hardcover |
| Date: |
April 1989 |
| Author: |
Kevin Dann |
| Title: |
Bright Colors Falsely Seen: Synaesthesia and the Search for Transcendental
Knowledge |
| Publisher: |
Yale University Press |
| ISBN |
0-300-06619-8 |
| Format: |
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| Date: |
October 1998 |
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Synaesthesia Links:
Synaesthesia
References and Readings
Senses
& Behavior: What is Synaesthesia?
Senses and
Sensibility
Prosopagnosia Links:
Prosopagnosia
(Face Blindness)
Links to other online resources
Face Blind!
Online book by Bill Choisser, a man with prosopagnosia.
Have You Seen
Me?
Glenn's prosopagnosia page. Written by someone with prosopagnosia.
Notes on Long Term
Visual Memory
Some references to studies on prosopagnosia.
The Face Recognition
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