Social performances pervade human interactions. Some autistic people describe their social
performances as 'camouflaging'and engage in these performances to mitigate social …

Usage of the term 'theory of mind'(ToM) has exploded across fields ranging from
developmental psychology to social neuroscience and psychiatry research. However, its …

Loneliness and social isolation markedly increase mortality risk, and are linked to numerous
mental and physical comorbidities, including sleep disruption. But does sleep loss causally …

It has been strongly argued that atypical cognitive processes in autism spectrum disorder
(ASD) contribute to the expression of behavioural symptoms. Comprehensive investigation …

This chapter begins with a brief review of descriptions and definitions of mystical-type
experiences and the historical connection between classic hallucinogens and mystical …

Although sensory processing challenges have been noted since the first clinical descriptions
of autism, it has taken until the release of the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical …

When the brain is not engaged in goal-directed activities and at rest, there are still
measureable patterns of activity. One resting-state network, the default mode network (DMN) …

Componential theories of lexical semantics assume that concepts can be represented by
sets of features or attributes that are in some sense primitive or basic components of …

This article argues that consciousness has a logically sound, explanatory framework,
different from typical accounts that suffer from hidden mysticism. The article has three main …

Current researchers mostly agree that the self consists of both bodily and non-bodily
environmental information. The neural mechanism underlying the integration of this …