Posted by tessellated on January 3, 2007, at 23:04:29
In reply to Re: Asperger's Syndrome test results.............., posted by ed_uk on January 1, 2007, at 16:04:21
ok sorta late on this, but with the good ole psyche BA in me back pocket, i was engaged.
systematising 54 (very high)
empathy 53 (above average)
autistic spect 15 (just below male average)
mind in eye 34 (highly accurate).hmmm. i'm an artist w/years of figure drawing, photo, graphics, etc... so i only got a couple of the minds eye wrong. it's not hard, cartoonists and animators are remarkable at breaking down human expression to their basic graphical representations. it is an entirely trainable skill...
however....i think there are problems because there is one or two models acting the part, not being it... and most answers are a simple process of elimination based on direct eye contact.
darn, i did better on this than my drivers test.
and i love pattern, machines, extropy, complexity, and loose myself in empathy. but i'm a dude.
i think our notions of autism etc are changing. i believe its only recently that there may be an agreed upon etiology underlying these similar syptoms due to neuroimaging techniques. and so i believe these form of tests are a bit dated and reductive. fun maybe... like which dog would you be?
but i'm also beginning to really think much of my depression etc is contextual. sitting alone in a studio pondering philosophy is not typically the most catecholamine inducing state. ahhh... the cold world of los angeles...
cheers,
l8
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