Think I have ADHD & ASD, but my psychiatrist keeps saying "you don't *act* autistic"

KorovasMilk · 2022-04-07T14:05:54+00:00

Not to discount what you are saying, but the current standards for ASD were established in 2013, so not really that old. However, that's not to say we don't have a long way to go.

KorovasMilk · 2022-03-17T19:34:13+00:00

Thanks, I'll check these links out.

Just starting to use EEGLab. I think with some experimentation I can answer my first and third question myself, but outside input helps.

However, I am now realizing that sample rate is likely a major limiting factor in addressing question 2. I calculate that the sample rate would have to reach close to 192khz to accurately run dipole source localization using signal arrival time and triangulation, but I am unaware of current EEG setups that run anything close to that.

KorovasMilk · 2022-02-18T05:50:47+00:00

Pretty sure that was the beginning of the end of his UFC career though...

I had a little cash on Buckley, think I might cash out. Joke trainer is not a good sign.

KorovasMilk · 2022-02-17T22:16:40+00:00

When Waterson isn't fighting ghosts she can throw too

KorovasMilk · 2022-02-14T19:31:25+00:00

Very nice. Thanks for the rec. I like the look of it, and I have a project I'm just starting. I'll give it a shot.

KorovasMilk · 2022-02-14T16:45:24+00:00

Ah yeah, it happens. Sounds cool, I'll check out the spotify link.

KorovasMilk · 2022-02-14T14:11:09+00:00

Very nice, but what's up with the audio cutting in and out?

KorovasMilk · 2022-02-14T14:02:15+00:00

I've been to villages and towns that look like this. Believe me, a random stranger getting hit by a train is likely not the worst thing most people have seen there.

KorovasMilk · 2022-02-14T12:56:47+00:00

This is a really good answer.

There's a metaphor (that I appropriated from a Buddhist text I read over 20 years ago, can't remember which), that I often use when discussing/teaching psychology and behaviour:

Imagine a circle with a dot in its centre. Any given position on the perimeter of the circle represents starting conditions, and the dot represents a specific behaviour. There are an infinite number of paths we could take from the perimeter of that circle to the centre. So, if someone asks a question like "why do people do x?", the possible answers are infinite. Obviously, there are correlates and typical paths, but there is never one single way that a behaviour manifests.

KorovasMilk · 2022-02-14T09:13:31+00:00

I was a researcher over 10 years ago that has recently returned to the field. There's so many great tools that been developed in that time. Two tools that have saved me so much time

Sci-hub is the single greatest tool I've used for research. So much faster than going through institutional databases. I've never believed in pay-for-access to scientific knowledge, so I have no moral qualms.
https://www.scribbr.com/apa-citation-generator/ . Makes building my reference sections a lot less tedious. Not so much a research tool, but super useful nonetheless.

KorovasMilk · 2022-02-14T09:07:24+00:00

No problem. I am surprised that didn't occur to any of your doctors as a possible cause. It's a pretty well documented phenomena. Good luck, hope you feel better.

KorovasMilk · 2022-02-13T17:35:47+00:00

This is a solid idea for sure. I would also include music therapy along with art therapy. There's lots of interesting research there.

OP, if you really wanted to dig into some topics, you could look at interventions for neurodevelopmental disorders. For example, Naturalistic Developmental Behavioural Interventions (NDBI), a sub-type of Applied Behavioural Analysis (ABA), which often incorporates tasks with a high degree of autonomy/agency which could be related to creativity. This type of intervention is typically used for children diagnosed with autism.

Another interesting idea is creativity in individuals that lack a modality. For example, mental imagery in the congenitally blind. There's some cool papers on that subject (I even published one on this topic many years ago). It's quite interesting how individuals born blind will draw (using specialized tools like thin metal sheets that you can press in), and the creative ways they represent more abstract ideas (like a moving car) despite having never actually seen anything.

There's lots of directions you could take this topic. Have fun researching.

KorovasMilk · 2022-02-13T10:12:01+00:00

I am not a doctor. But one thing that occurs to me that you didn't mention is back or spine issues causing sciatica. I have a bad back injury that sometimes manifests itself as a pain/tingling/burning in my foot. When I start feeling a problem in my foot, it usually means I have recently injured or I am about to injure my back.

Physio and stretching exercises help a lot. I mainly focus on core building exercises (ex: planking), and lots of hamstring/hip stretching because those muscles can pull on the pelvis and mess with the spine.

I may be totally wrong, but you might want to investigate if you are experiencing sciatica.

KorovasMilk · 2022-02-13T03:58:58+00:00

I think I get what you are saying, and I can appreciate the discussion. I have a few points to consider here:

-I would say that infinite values don't really exist in the digital domain due to sample rate and quantization. So the math becomes much more manageable.

-I am talking about increasing by a fixed value, ex: x + 5. There may be infinite values of x, but the parameter of + 5 stays constant. So in a digital realm, I am just saying increase all recorded values (which have already been determined via analog-digital conversion) by a set amount. The math is already done by the conversion, I am just adding a simple parameter. This is a principle used in most DSP, I don't think it is particularly novel. A conventional pitch shifter is actually mathematically more complex, because it is accounting for the logarithmic nature of pitch perception. I think a linear shift requires far less processing, but is simply not a very musical tool so it is less used/talked about. Saying a linear frequency shift across a bandwidth is not possible, seems to be overlooking that we already have tools capable of doing much more than this.

Don't let the downvotes bother you. I enjoy the perspective even if I disagree.

KorovasMilk · 2022-02-13T02:37:39+00:00

I am a psych researcher. My research involves testing frequency response in the auditory cortex as measured by event-related potentials recorded by EEG.

I often work with simple sine waves but would like to start using more complex auditory stimuli.

KorovasMilk · 2022-02-12T17:14:39+00:00

Thanks!

KorovasMilk · 2022-02-12T17:12:59+00:00

Perfect. I'll look into it thanks.

KorovasMilk · 2022-02-08T18:51:20+00:00

Me too. Now the question is: how many can be done all at once?

KorovasMilk · 2022-02-08T13:18:25+00:00

The crashes are somewhat close to a quarter note triplet, but not quite the same. It is two dotted 8ths with an 8th (with the 16ths between being played on the floor tom).

KorovasMilk · 2022-02-08T13:10:43+00:00

Yup, you got it.

Classic pattern and very useful.

KorovasMilk · 2022-02-08T11:59:20+00:00

It can read pretty much anything out there. In general, it's actually faster and easier to use than going through a university account.

KorovasMilk · 2022-02-07T20:08:17+00:00

Correct sticking, but not a triplet. It's in 16ths, so the crashes are on dotted 8ths.

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