Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id BAA14569 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Tue, 22 Jan 2002 01:22:50 GMT X-Sender: unicorn@pop.greenepa.net Message-Id: <p04320403b872673cac4e@[192.168.2.3]> In-Reply-To: <200201210057.g0L0vtS20688@mail3.bigmailbox.com> References: <200201210057.g0L0vtS20688@mail3.bigmailbox.com> Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 20:18:58 -0500 To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk From: "Francesca S. Alcorn" <unicorn@greenepa.net> Subject: Re: Sensory and sensibility Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Joe said:
> it has been hypothecized (by V. S. Ramachandran) that not only do
>humans also possess them, but also that their mal- or non-function
>is responsible for the phenomenon of autism.
This ties into my idea that symbolic play might also be tied to
ability to generate memes. Autistic children do not usually have
symbolic play.
frankie
===============================================================
This was distributed via the memetics list associated with the
Journal of Memetics - Evolutionary Models of Information Transmission
For information about the journal and the list (e.g. unsubscribing)
see: http://www.cpm.mmu.ac.uk/jom-emit
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Tue Jan 22 2002 - 01:42:35 GMT