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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 7 years ago

"Synaesthetes appear to occupy a specific cognitive niche of having autistic-like traits linked to enhanced perception and attention. [...] they may carry the cost of increased vulnerability to clinical levels of autism"https://t.co/lEMEi1TQzT https://t.co/5Y5ausjEqV

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago

5/ Yet we have a class of human, "Synesthetes" who experience meaning differently, but this is largely considered benign and normal.

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10/9/2018

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 7 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

Map maker Map maker, make me a map..."our results provide a potential behavioral mechanism linking higher autistic traits (e.g., increased attention to detail and increased sensory processes) to increased hippocampal grey matter."https://t.co/bcOdOTPkcdhttps://t.co/XJajMx2WZo

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

My random references to "the aha moment" are directly reffering to failures in the hippocampus related to processing new memories.https://t.co/SRfBdF8KNH

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10/10/2018

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 7 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

"Yeah!All of the Autistics,Where you at?We came to party rock,Everybody its on!Let's go!Maps, maps, maps, maps, maps, maps,"LMFAO https://t.co/850prcerAJhttps://t.co/p3DSC0PCqp

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 7 years ago

I suspect perhaps we have different circuits in the brain for some of this. Encode time differently than space. Perhaps in same way that some can be directional impaired (left-right vs compass), or have trouble with faces. https://t.co/dfoIQcyJ4h https://t.co/me8yQAMHzp

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10/10/2018

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 7 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

I am an ant.https://t.co/l9dcD8G13K

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

Robobee to pollinate flowers? Nah.Control drones with a simplified model of bee's brain. Yah!https://t.co/3vClN0qYNi

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10/10/2018

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 7 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

A dancing ant, leading my tribe.https://t.co/xBW2rIDKiA

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

Found some more good studies on ant brains in regards to size and social specialization: https://t.co/u4x9wOpcwL &https://t.co/XVllVJ0sdY

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10/10/2018

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 7 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

Specialized. Misunderstood.https://t.co/tCRnRFXumI

UltimApe@ultimape• over 9 years ago

To test the theory I want to create behavioral simulations that model traits related to social cohesion. https://t.co/lRqvKgq5hI

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10/10/2018

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 7 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

Misunderstood; Standing under the wrong metaphor. Missing the mark. A take, missing. Mistaken. Take it again? Recapitulate.https://t.co/Ps8seXfYIl

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

Something something distributed sensor networks collective cognition.I did say I wanted to make an ant colony, no?https://t.co/rqD2fXYKhf https://t.co/C5GZdLKC87

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10/10/2018

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 7 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

I'm operating under the same model:https://t.co/O1hfhCE6uv

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10/13/2018

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 7 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

What kind of synaesthete am I?https://t.co/bjxtGNlRMp

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10/13/2018

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 7 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

How would I know if I am a savant?"These results reveal a unique cognitive and behavioural profile in autistic adults with savant syndrome that is distinct from autistic adults without a savant skill."https://t.co/n5xOfl23ma

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10/13/2018

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 7 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

Hmm.https://t.co/m4cgbFr69J

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10/13/2018

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 7 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

Spatial synesthete perhaps?https://t.co/OS3qDbhZ71

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 7 years ago

I have become convinced that time doesn't real.I find it more convenient to think about it as another dimension of space.In doing so, I think I can leverage my spatial memory to encode causal chains in terms of narrative maps.https://t.co/MV7NYW7Y10https://t.co/8Xn4zqDDUZ

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10/13/2018

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 7 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

Oh hey.https://t.co/7ejp444sGr

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

Hyperthymesia?The only way I remember things is by putting stuff in a space.I can't even remember how old I am.https://t.co/oLmBQmjIt3 https://t.co/8k3PqPWqSn

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10/13/2018

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 7 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

Time-Space synaethesia.That's what I have.I wonder what that would look like in my brain?https://t.co/nZu34nIHfB

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

This tweet isn't a metaphor: https://t.co/s63udPqGFDhttps://t.co/fxs1JXvIj4 https://t.co/aRhsV74MaW

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10/13/2018

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 7 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

Apparently I have been doing my calendars wrong. I gotta find me a timelord and mime their skills.https://t.co/3mclMi85yD

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10/13/2018

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 7 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

Hmmhttps://t.co/irjvEsywty

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 7 years ago

I wanna figure out what this phenomena is so I can control it. As best as I can describe, it's like fever dreaming meets synesthesia, but still being able to access my language (unlike my meltdown states).https://t.co/P6IG8KZaey

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10/19/2018

UltimApe@ultimape• over 6 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

Another way to look at this is that I've been having visual 'trips' all my life, but being my normative experience I hadn't had any way to tell that this was odd.https://t.co/0cZbjJPPPb

UltimApe@ultimape• over 6 years ago

Another article on "Substance Misuse" links LSD to aniscoria AND synethesia.https://t.co/UTI3Y1gtrQ https://t.co/47b7kdIVy7

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3/25/2019

UltimApe@ultimape• over 3 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 7 years ago

Out-of-sync considered harmful.https://t.co/FL8l2jwIQ6

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4/29/2022

UltimApe@ultimape• over 3 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 6 years ago

I am out of sync with the swarm. I do not have a 24 hour schedule. But that's ok.

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4/29/2022

UltimApe@ultimape• over 3 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

"hunch is that these individuals are signs of something deeper, a broader evolutionary strategy [...] research validating that hypothesis has opened up a very different way of thinking about the study of collective behavior." https://t.co/ujgLo2okcXhttps://t.co/Ox199ECa4J

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

If I write a memoir, it will be called "Failed synchronization, living out of phase with the rest of the world". https://t.co/mmYMyYQztM

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4/29/2022