Empathy is the recognition and understanding of the states of mind, beliefs, desires, and, particularly, emotions of others. It is often characterized as the ability to "put oneself into another one's shoes", or experiencing the outlook or emotions of another being within oneself; a sort of emotional resonance. Empathy - Background. While the ability to imagine oneself as another person is a sophisticated imaginative process that only fully develops later on in life, the roots of this ability are probably i ...

Including:

• Empathy - Background
• Empathy - Contrasting empathy to other phenomena
• Empathy - Psychological perspectives
• Empathy - Empathy and Autism Spectrum Disorders
• Empathy - Empathy in animals
• Empathy - Organic basis
• Empathy - Development of empathy
• Empathy - Other aspects
• Empathy - Fiction
• Empathy - Bibliography

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Empathy, Empathy - Background, Empathy - Contrasting empathy to other phenomena, Empathy - Psychological perspectives, Empathy - Empathy and Autism Spectrum Disorders, Empathy - Empathy in animals, Empathy - Organic basis, Empathy - Development of empathy, Empathy - Other aspects, Empathy - Fiction, Empathy - Bibliography

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While the ability to imagine oneself as another person is a sophisticated imaginative process that only fully develops later on in life, the roots of this ability are probably innate. Human capacity to recognize the emotions of others is related to our imitative capacities, and seems to be grounded in the innate capacity to associate the bodily movements and facial expressions we see with the proprioceptive feelings of those same movements or expressions. Humans also make the same immediate connection between tone of voice and inner feeling. ...

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Empathy, Empathy - Background, Empathy - Contrasting empathy to other phenomena, Empathy - Psychological perspectives, Empathy - Empathy and Autism Spectrum Disorders, Empathy - Empathy in animals, Empathy - Organic basis, Empathy - Development of empathy, Empathy - Other aspects, Empathy - Fiction, Empathy - Bibliography

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Autism is classified as a neurodevelopmental disorder that manifests itself in markedly abnormal social interaction, communication ability, patterns of interests, and patterns of behavior. Although the specific etiology of autism is unknown, many researchers suspect that autism results from genetically mediated vulnerabilities to environmental triggers. And while there is disagreement about the magnitude, nature, and mechanisms for such environmental factors, researchers have found at least seven major genes prevalent among ind ...

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• Autism - History
• Autism - Terminology
• Autism - Characteristics
• Autism - Social development
• Autism - Sensory system
• Autism - Communication difficulties
• Autism - Repetitive behaviors
• Autism - Effects in education
• Autism - DSM definition
• Autism - Types of autism
• Autism - Asperger's and Kanner's syndrome
• Autism - Autism as a spectrum disorder
• Autism - Models
• Autism - Epidemiology
• Autism - Theories of the etiology of autism
• Autism - Increase in diagnoses of autism
• Autism - Therapies
• Autism - Applied Behavior Analysis
• Autism - Relationship Development Intervention
• Autism - Son-Rise
• Autism - Snoezelen
• Autism - Autism and computing
• Autism - Gluten-free casein-free diet
• Autism - MB12
• Autism - Sociology
• Autism - Community and politics
• Autism - Culture
• Autism - Autistic adults
• Autism - Autistic savants
• Autism - Other pervasive developmental disorders
• Autism - Rett syndrome
• Autism - Childhood disintegrative disorder
• Autism - Pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified
• Autism - Footnotes

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The autism rights movement was started by adult autistic individuals in order to advocate and demand tolerance for what they refer to as their neurodiversity. The movement is supported by some neurotypicals including parents of autistic children. The movement has been criticized by parents of autistic children who disagree with its anti-cure and pro-neurodiversity views. The use of the Internet has made it possible for autistics to present their perspective when they do not have the communication skills to do so offline. Even s ...

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• Autism rights movement - The anti-cure perspective
• Autism rights movement - People in the movement
• Autism rights movement - Role of parents in the movement
• Autism rights movement - Organized groups
• Autism rights movement - Individuals
• Autism rights movement - Numbers
• Autism rights movement - History
• Autism rights movement - Noteworthy events in the movement
• Autism rights movement - Issues
• Autism rights movement - Ethical challenges to autism treatment
• Autism rights movement - Opposition to eliminating autism
• Autism rights movement - Opposition to an alleged insulting view of autism
• Autism rights movement - Adult issues
• Autism rights movement - Misconceptions of autistic traits
• Autism rights movement - Functioning labels
• Autism rights movement - Status as a social minority group
• Autism rights movement - Activist methods and activities
• Autism rights movement - Speculation of autism in famous people
• Autism rights movement - Activist campaigns
• Autism rights movement - Controversy
• Autism rights movement - Criticism
• Autism rights movement - Responses from the movement
• Autism rights movement - Ongoing debate
• Autism rights movement - Criticism within the movement
• Autism rights movement - Notes

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The bipolar spectrum is the continuous range of depressive diseases, ranging from bipolar disorder to unipolar depression. A simple nomenclature system was introduced in 1978, although there are others, by Angst, J., et al, to easier label individuals' affectedness within the spectrum, following a clinical study by the Psychiatric University Clinic of Zurich. Points on the spectrum using this nomenclature are denoted using the following codes: 'M' severe mania 'D' severe depression (unipolar depression) 'm' less severe mania ...

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Bipolar disorder, still often referred to colloquially as manic-depression, is a mood disorder marked by episodes of clinically definable depression intermingled with episodes of mania and/or hypomania. Emil Kraepelin, who first described the illness, and coined the term "manic depression", noted in his original delineation of the disease intervals of acute illness, manic or depressive, that were generally punctuated by relatively symptom-free intervals in which a patient was able to ...

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• Bipolar disorder - Diagnostic criteria
• Bipolar disorder - Epidemiology
• Bipolar disorder - Etiology
• Bipolar disorder - Co-occurring conditions
• Bipolar disorder - Manifestations of bipolar disorder: types of episodes
• Bipolar disorder - Cycles in bipolar disorder
• Bipolar disorder - Domains of bipolar disorder
• Bipolar disorder - Mania
• Bipolar disorder - Hypomania
• Bipolar disorder - Bipolar depression
• Bipolar disorder - Cognition
• Bipolar disorder - The Mood Spectrum
• Bipolar disorder - Environmental factors affecting mood in bipolar disorder
• Bipolar disorder - Treatment of bipolar disorder
• Bipolar disorder - Principles
• Bipolar disorder - Prognosis
• Bipolar disorder - Lithium salts
• Bipolar disorder - Anticonvulsant mood stabilizers
• Bipolar disorder - Atypical antipsychotic drugs
• Bipolar disorder - Omega-3 fatty acids
• Bipolar disorder - Psychotherapy
• Bipolar disorder - Electroconvulsive therapy
• Bipolar disorder - Medical Marijuana
• Bipolar disorder - Alternative treatments
• Bipolar disorder - Treatment issues
• Bipolar disorder - Research findings
• Bipolar disorder - Heritability
• Bipolar disorder - Recent genetic research
• Bipolar disorder - Medical imaging
• Bipolar disorder - Personality types
• Bipolar disorder - Research into new treatments
• Bipolar disorder - Bipolar disorder and creativity
• Bipolar disorder - Sources

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The Sinclair ZX Spectrum was a home computer released in the United Kingdom in 1982 by Sinclair Research. Based on a Zilog Z80 CPU running at 3.50 MHz, the Spectrum came with either 16 KB or 48 KB of RAM. The hardware designer was Richard Altwasser of Sinclair Research and the software was written by Steve Vickers on contract from Nine Tiles Ltd, the authors of Sinclair BASIC. Sinclair's industrial designer Rick Dickinson was responsible for the machine's outward appearance. Originally dubbed the ZX82, the machine was later ren ...

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• ZX Spectrum - Description
• ZX Spectrum - Educational application
• ZX Spectrum - Models
• ZX Spectrum - ZX Spectrum 16K/48K 1982
• ZX Spectrum - ZX Spectrum+ 1984
• ZX Spectrum - ZX Spectrum 128 1986
• ZX Spectrum - ZX Spectrum +2 1986
• ZX Spectrum - ZX Spectrum +3 1987
• ZX Spectrum - ZX Spectrum +2A /+2B 1987
• ZX Spectrum - Clones
• ZX Spectrum - Technical specifications
• ZX Spectrum - Peripherals
• ZX Spectrum - Software
• ZX Spectrum - Notable titles
• ZX Spectrum - Rivalry
• ZX Spectrum - Screenshots
• ZX Spectrum - Notable authors
• ZX Spectrum - Magazines

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In most modern usages of the word spectrum, there is a unifying theme of a variety of possible cases between extremes at either end. Older usages were not necessarily on that same unifying theme, but nonetheless led to the modern ones through a sequence of events set out below. Some modern usages in mathematics evolved out of that unifying theme but may be difficult to recognize as fitting into it. Spectrum - Origins. Originally a spectrum was what is now called a spectre, i.e., a phantom or ...

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• Spectrum - Origins
• Spectrum - Modern 17th through 21st centuries meaning in the physical sciences

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Empathy:

The ability to understand the experience or emotional state of another person or animal. Often used to refer to an apparently psychic ability to experience another person's sensations, pain or emotions. Cf. clairsentience, intuition.

(See also: Empathy, Psychic, Psychic Dictionary, Parapsychology, Parapsychology Dictionary)

empathy

Projection of personalities so a mutuality exists in understandings, feelings and thoughts. One who is sensitive to the feelings and thoughts of another would be an empath

(See also: Empathy, Body Mind and Soul)

Empathy:

As I now use it, a type of telepathic reception limited to the perception of emotions; obviously this talent would tie in nicely with absorption.

(See also: Empathy, Pagan, Paganism, Pagan Dictionary)

Conditions comorbid to autism spectrum disorders - Bowel disease. It has been claimed that up to fifty percent of children with autism experience persistent gastrointestinal tract problems, ranging from mild to moderate degrees of inflammation in both the upper and lower intestinal tract. This has been described as a syndrome, autistic enterocolitis, by Dr. Andrew Wakefield; this diagnostic terminology, however, has been questioned by medical experts. Constipation, often with overflow, or encopresis, is often ass ...

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Conditions comorbid to autism spectrum disorders, Conditions comorbid to autism spectrum disorders - Comorbid conditions, Conditions comorbid to autism spectrum disorders - Bowel disease, Conditions comorbid to autism spectrum disorders - Depression and anxiety disorders, Conditions comorbid to autism spectrum disorders - Fragile X syndrome, Conditions comorbid to autism spectrum disorders - Hyperactivity and attention abnormalities, Conditions comorbid to autism spectrum disorders - Mental retardation, Conditions comorbid to autism spectrum disorders - Neuroinflammation and immune disorders, Conditions comorbid to autism spectrum disorders - Nonverbal learning disorder, Conditions comorbid to autism spectrum disorders - Obsessive-compulsive disorder, Conditions comorbid to autism spectrum disorders - Seizures, Conditions comorbid to autism spectrum disorders - Sensory problems, Conditions comorbid to autism spectrum disorders - Tuberous sclerosis, Conditions comorbid to autism spectrum disorders - Treatment concerns

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Autism and Asperger's syndrome are just two of the five pervasive developmental disorders (PDDs). The three other pervasive developmental disorders are Rett syndrome, Childhood disintegrative disorder, and Pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified. Some of these are related to autism, while some of them are entirely separate conditions. Autism - Rett syndrome. Rett syndrome is relatively rare, affecting almost exclusively females, one out of 10,000 to 15,000. After a period of normal develop ...

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Autism, Autism - History, Autism - Terminology, Autism - Characteristics, Autism - Social development, Autism - Sensory system, Autism - Communication difficulties, Autism - Repetitive behaviors, Autism - Effects in education, Autism - DSM definition, Autism - Types of autism, Autism - Asperger's and Kanner's syndrome, Autism - Autism as a spectrum disorder, Autism - Models, Autism - Epidemiology, Autism - Theories of the etiology of autism, Autism - Increase in diagnoses of autism, Autism - Therapies, Autism - Applied Behavior Analysis, Autism - Relationship Development Intervention, Autism - Son-Rise, Autism - Snoezelen, Autism - Autism and computing, Autism - Gluten-free casein-free diet, Autism - MB12, Autism - Sociology, Autism - Community and politics, Autism - Culture, Autism - Autistic adults, Autism - Autistic savants, Autism - Other pervasive developmental disorders, Autism - Rett syndrome, Autism - Childhood disintegrative disorder, Autism - Pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified, Autism - Footnotes

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Autism and Asperger's syndrome are just two of the five pervasive developmental disorders (PDDs). The three other pervasive developmental disorders are Rett syndrome, Childhood disintegrative disorder, and Pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified. Some of these are related to autism, while some of them are entirely separate conditions. Autism - Rett syndrome. Rett syndrome is relatively rare, affecting almost exclusively females, one out of 10,000 to 15,000. After a period of normal develop ...

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Autism, Autism - History, Autism - Terminology, Autism - Characteristics, Autism - Social development, Autism - Sensory system, Autism - Communication difficulties, Autism - Repetitive behaviors, Autism - Effects in education, Autism - DSM definition, Autism - Types of autism, Autism - Asperger's and Kanner's syndrome, Autism - Autism as a spectrum disorder, Autism - Models, Autism - Epidemiology, Autism - Theories of the etiology of autism, Autism - Increase in diagnoses of autism, Autism - Therapies, Autism - Applied Behavior Analysis, Autism - Relationship Development Intervention, Autism - Son-Rise, Autism - Snoezelen, Autism - Autism and computing, Autism - Gluten-free casein-free diet, Autism - Sociology, Autism - Community and politics, Autism - Culture, Autism - Autistic adults, Autism - Autistic savants, Autism - Other pervasive developmental disorders, Autism - Rett syndrome, Autism - Childhood disintegrative disorder, Autism - Pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified, Autism - Footnotes

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Some research has indicated a possible genetic and behavioral connection between ADHD and autism. As a result, some clinicians have suggested that ADHD be included under the category of autism spectrum disorders. Others disagree. [1] Diagnoses of ADHD together with autism spectrum disorder are becoming increasingly common in children. In young children, the two conditions can appear similar. However, as children age, differences emerge between the two conditions. Children with typical autism become more withdrawn, while with a suitable environment hyperactivity reduces. In e ...

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Autistic spectrum, Autistic spectrum - Autistic spectrum and pervasive development disorders, Autistic spectrum - Autistic traits, Autistic spectrum - Social impairment, Autistic spectrum - Language impairment, Autistic spectrum - Imaginative impairment and repetitive adherence, Autistic spectrum - Sensory integration dysfunction, Autistic spectrum - ADHD and autism

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Sensory integration dysfunction is a common symptom of autism [4]. Often, autistic children receive too much sensory stimulation through one or more of their senses, and in order to turn down the volume, they tend to avoid people, noises and bright lights. Autistic children do not develop the neurotypical capacity to integrate and modulate information from the five senses. In her book, Thinking in Pictures, Temple Grandin reports the results of a survey about sensory integration in a relatively small population with autism spec ...

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Sensory Integration Dysfunction, Sensory Integration Dysfunction - Meaning of sensory integration, Sensory Integration Dysfunction - Sensory Integrative Disorders, Sensory Integration Dysfunction - Sensory Modulation, Sensory Integration Dysfunction - Hyposensitivities and Hypersensitivities, Sensory Integration Dysfunction - Sensory integration and autism spectrum disorders, Sensory Integration Dysfunction - Alternative views

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Autism presents in a wide degree, from those who are nearly dysfunctional and apparently mentally handicapped to those whose symptoms are mild or remedied enough to appear unexceptional ("normal") to the general public. In terms of both classification and therapy, autistic individuals are often divided into those with an IQ<80 referred to as having "low-functioning autism" (LFA), while those with IQ>80 are referred to as having "high-functioning autism" (HFA). Low and high functioning are more generally applied to how well an individua ...

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Autism, Autism - History, Autism - Terminology, Autism - Characteristics, Autism - Social development, Autism - Sensory system, Autism - Communication difficulties, Autism - Repetitive behaviors, Autism - Effects in education, Autism - DSM definition, Autism - Types of autism, Autism - Asperger's and Kanner's syndrome, Autism - Autism as a spectrum disorder, Autism - Models, Autism - Epidemiology, Autism - Theories of the etiology of autism, Autism - Increase in diagnoses of autism, Autism - Therapies, Autism - Applied Behavior Analysis, Autism - Relationship Development Intervention, Autism - Son-Rise, Autism - Snoezelen, Autism - Autism and computing, Autism - Gluten-free casein-free diet, Autism - MB12, Autism - Sociology, Autism - Community and politics, Autism - Culture, Autism - Autistic adults, Autism - Autistic savants, Autism - Other pervasive developmental disorders, Autism - Rett syndrome, Autism - Childhood disintegrative disorder, Autism - Pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified, Autism - Footnotes

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Autism presents in a wide degree, from those who are nearly dysfunctional and apparently mentally handicapped to those whose symptoms are mild or remedied enough to appear unexceptional ("normal") to the general public. In terms of both classification and therapy, autistic individuals are often divided into those with an IQ<80 referred to as having "low-functioning autism" (LFA), while those with IQ>80 are referred to as having "high-functioning autism" (HFA). Low and high functioning are more generally applied to how well an individua ...

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Autism, Autism - History, Autism - Terminology, Autism - Characteristics, Autism - Social development, Autism - Sensory system, Autism - Communication difficulties, Autism - Repetitive behaviors, Autism - Effects in education, Autism - DSM definition, Autism - Types of autism, Autism - Asperger's and Kanner's syndrome, Autism - Autism as a spectrum disorder, Autism - Models, Autism - Epidemiology, Autism - Theories of the etiology of autism, Autism - Increase in diagnoses of autism, Autism - Therapies, Autism - Applied Behavior Analysis, Autism - Relationship Development Intervention, Autism - Son-Rise, Autism - Snoezelen, Autism - Autism and computing, Autism - Gluten-free casein-free diet, Autism - Sociology, Autism - Community and politics, Autism - Culture, Autism - Autistic adults, Autism - Autistic savants, Autism - Other pervasive developmental disorders, Autism - Rett syndrome, Autism - Childhood disintegrative disorder, Autism - Pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified, Autism - Footnotes

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While the epidemiology of autism is largely unknown, there is no shortage of theories in the area. In part, the mystery of autism has been slow to resolve due to its relatively recent identification as a disorder, and because government funding of autism research lags far behind that of less common diagnoses, such as juvenile diabetes. What funding is available has largely been directed toward epidemiological research, rather than clinical studies investigating possible environmental triggers. In addition, in recent times the number of diagnosed inci ...

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Autism, Autism - History, Autism - Terminology, Autism - Characteristics, Autism - Social development, Autism - Sensory system, Autism - Communication difficulties, Autism - Repetitive behaviors, Autism - Effects in education, Autism - DSM definition, Autism - Types of autism, Autism - Asperger's and Kanner's syndrome, Autism - Autism as a spectrum disorder, Autism - Models, Autism - Epidemiology, Autism - Theories of the etiology of autism, Autism - Increase in diagnoses of autism, Autism - Therapies, Autism - Applied Behavior Analysis, Autism - Relationship Development Intervention, Autism - Son-Rise, Autism - Snoezelen, Autism - Autism and computing, Autism - Gluten-free casein-free diet, Autism - MB12, Autism - Sociology, Autism - Community and politics, Autism - Culture, Autism - Autistic adults, Autism - Autistic savants, Autism - Other pervasive developmental disorders, Autism - Rett syndrome, Autism - Childhood disintegrative disorder, Autism - Pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified, Autism - Footnotes

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