User:Niseinet/Neurology
General Concepts
A Brodmann area is a region of the cerebral cortex, defined by its structure and organization of cells.
Aspies
People with Asperger syndrom or high-functioning autism.
Aspies are Atypical but Smarter.
Aspies have very high Visual and poor Verbal IQ.
High visual IQ led to better performance IQ and abstract reasoning.
Poor Verbal IQ led to Odd language
Asians and Ashkenazi
East Asians have high Visual and Average Verbal IQ. Adapted to master Kanji, Hanzi or Hangul.
Otakus are Aspies obsessed with Japanese pop culture like Anime and Games.
Ashkenazi have very high Verbal. As migrant and travellers, were adapted to master several languages. Had to be sly and cunning to gain social influence.
However Ashkenazi have poor Visual IQ because Drawing, Painting and Sculpture are avoided taboo. Adepts of Aniconism and Iconoclasm.
Intelligence
East Asians too, to master Chinese characters.
have better visual intelligence too, . Ashkenazi have lower visual but higher verbal intelligence.
Atypical language
Odd prosody, loudness, pitch, intonation, and rhythm. Verbose, pedantic, formal circumstantial and idiosyncratic speech. Literal interpretations and miscomprehension of nuance. Use of metaphor meaningful only to the speaker. Abrupt transitions. Echolalia.
IQ by ethnic group
and mathematical intelligence. and
mind-blindness
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- low verbal IQ
- clumsy locomotion, gait, posture and.
Obsession
Restricted and repetitive interests and behavior. Very intense or focused. Interests are more diverse in high-functioning autism, and more narrow in Asperger
- obsessive (restricted and repetitive) behavior and interests. obsession,.
- impaired nonverbal behaviors in areas such as eye contact, facial expression, posture, and gesture.
and High IQ autism
- (few ) .