From MAILER-DAEMON Fri Sep 19 23:59:09 2003 Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.22) id 1A0Ytp-0003UQ-Le for mharc-aleader-announce@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Sep 2003 23:59:09 -0400 Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.22) id 1A0Ytn-0003Ty-HL for aleader-announce@nongnu.org; Fri, 19 Sep 2003 23:59:07 -0400 Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.22) id 1A0Ytl-0003T8-D8 for aleader-announce@nongnu.org; Fri, 19 Sep 2003 23:59:06 -0400 Received: from [207.106.49.21] (helo=wink.pobox.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 1A0Ytk-0003Sq-Nf for aleader-announce@nongnu.org; Fri, 19 Sep 2003 23:59:05 -0400 Received: from texas.pobox.com (texas.pobox.com[64.49.223.111]) by wink.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 731BE1D6E for ; Fri, 19 Sep 2003 23:59:03 -0400 (EDT) Received: from always.joy.eth.net (unknown [61.11.23.223]) by texas.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74C984552D for ; Fri, 19 Sep 2003 23:59:01 -0400 (EDT) Received: by always.joy.eth.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sat, 20 Sep 2003 09:28:59 +0530 Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 09:28:59 +0530 From: Joshua N Pritikin To: aleader-announce@nongnu.org Message-ID: <20030920035859.GK622@always.joy.eth.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Subject: [Aleader-announce] autism connection X-BeenThere: aleader-announce@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 03:59:08 -0000 I am sending this out because I think I have found a solid link between "witness state" and autism research. + Many spiritual teachers have spoken about "3rd person perspective" in connection with "witness state". + In the philosophy section, I have discussed "3rd person perspective", looking at the different ways attention configures between the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd person perspectives. + One important configuration of attention is called "mind-reading" or "theory of mind" by autism researchers. This style of attention is what allows you to enjoy the emotions while watching a film. In reality, film does not contain any emotions -- there is only picture & sound. It is your mind-reading ability which produces the emotions while watching a film. + People affected by autism have a very poor mindreading ability. This has been experimentally verified. + One treatment for autism: Teach people how to read emotions, framing the task in a typical computer game format appealing to children. See . + Aleader is extremely similar to human-emotions.com. -- A new cognitive theory of emotion, http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/aleader