Social learning and the etiology of autism |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Lembah Pantai, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia;2. Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Lembah Pantai, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia;3. Department of Biomedical Informatics, Asia University, Taichung 41354, Taiwan;1. Department of Neurology and Memory Clinic, Hospital Network Antwerp (ZNA) Middelheim and Hoge Beuken, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium;2. Reference Center for Biological Markers of Dementia (BIODEM), Institute Born-Bunge, University of Antwerp, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium;3. Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital Network Antwerp (ZNA) Middelheim, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium;1. School of Medical Sciences, Discipline of Medical Radiation, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia;2. Faculty of Applied Medical Science, Department of Radiological Sciences, Dammam University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia;3. Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, King Abdul-Aziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia;4. Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Dammam University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia;1. UCM-ISCIII Centre for Human Evolution and Behaviour, C/Monforte de Lemos 5, pabellón 14, 28029 Madrid, Spain;2. Department of Paleontology, School of Geological Sciences, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain;3. Laboratory of Human Evolution, Department of Historical Sciences and Geography, Universidad de Burgos, I+D+I Building, Plaza de Misael Bañuelos s/n, 09001 Burgos, Spain;4. ARANZADI Geo-Q, b/ Kortasenebarri s/n, 48940 Leioa, Bizkaia, Spain |
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| Abstract: | A developmental theory of autism is presented as an alternative to current nativist theories. The traits of autism are seen as results of failure of the process of social learning. The distinction between social learning and ontogenic discovery is discussed and a model of normal social learning is presented, showing its cyclical nature and significance. Recognized traits of autism are briefly described and classified, and it is shown how the main categories of traits could result from defective social learning, while defective social learning itself could be the result of a variety of causes, some of which might also affect other aspects of intelligence. The theory provides a framework into which current knowledge of autism can be integrated. |
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