FINALLY stuff written about autism that one who’s probably ASD ‘gets’. I hated all that stuff about missing a “Theory of Mind” — all sounded downright ridiculous.
“In other words, aberrant representation of volatility may impair the dynamic formation of appropriate prior expectations, rendering both the pineapple and the socks mildly surprising.”
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Autism: metacognition (beliefs about beliefs) doesn’t work the same.
Oh finally I think they’re ‘getting it’ – and it’s useful to me because that’s the roadblock.
“In other words, there is a failure of beliefs (estimated precision) about beliefs (predictions) that is, formally, a failure of metacognition.”
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233877048_On_hyperpriors_and_hypopriors_Comment_on_Pellicano_and_Burr http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.300.2358&rep=rep1&type=pdf=-=