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Caught on the surface: Tustin on autistic experience
According to Frances Tustin, the core of autism is found in sensory modifications—and tactile modifications in particular. Tustin argues that sensory experiences may become self-absorbed to such an extent that the sensory environment experientially flattens into a two-dimensional “feel,” which compl...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10449534/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37637906 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1243310 |
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description | According to Frances Tustin, the core of autism is found in sensory modifications—and tactile modifications in particular. Tustin argues that sensory experiences may become self-absorbed to such an extent that the sensory environment experientially flattens into a two-dimensional “feel,” which complicates the individual’s relations with the external environment and other people. Focusing on these fundamental modifications and their experiential consequences, the article introduces Tustin’s main insight in terms of collapse of intentional depth, suggesting that this collapse concerns not only concrete spatial depth, but symbolic and intersubjective depth as well. By so doing, the article illustrates how Tustin’s ideas render intelligible certain commonly recognized features of autism, such as “deficits in the ability to initiate and to sustain reciprocal social interaction and social communication” and “restricted, repetitive, and inflexible patterns of behavior, interests or activities” (ICD-11). |
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spelling | pubmed-104495342023-08-25 Caught on the surface: Tustin on autistic experience Taipale, Joona Front Psychol Psychology According to Frances Tustin, the core of autism is found in sensory modifications—and tactile modifications in particular. Tustin argues that sensory experiences may become self-absorbed to such an extent that the sensory environment experientially flattens into a two-dimensional “feel,” which complicates the individual’s relations with the external environment and other people. Focusing on these fundamental modifications and their experiential consequences, the article introduces Tustin’s main insight in terms of collapse of intentional depth, suggesting that this collapse concerns not only concrete spatial depth, but symbolic and intersubjective depth as well. By so doing, the article illustrates how Tustin’s ideas render intelligible certain commonly recognized features of autism, such as “deficits in the ability to initiate and to sustain reciprocal social interaction and social communication” and “restricted, repetitive, and inflexible patterns of behavior, interests or activities” (ICD-11). Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-08-10 /pmc/articles/PMC10449534/ /pubmed/37637906 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1243310 Text en Copyright © 2023 Taipale. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Taipale, Joona Caught on the surface: Tustin on autistic experience |
title | Caught on the surface: Tustin on autistic experience |
title_full | Caught on the surface: Tustin on autistic experience |
title_fullStr | Caught on the surface: Tustin on autistic experience |
title_full_unstemmed | Caught on the surface: Tustin on autistic experience |
title_short | Caught on the surface: Tustin on autistic experience |
title_sort | caught on the surface: tustin on autistic experience |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10449534/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37637906 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1243310 |
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