09-08-2003, 07:41 PM
Are accountants people inclined towards autism???
what i have observed that accountants bear some properties extraordinary to normal persons............
A good article in newsweek appeared in its last issue
Cambridge University psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen has a thesis that bears on all these questions. In a bold new book called âThe Essential Difference,â he de-fines autism as an imbalance between two kinds of intelligence the kind used to understand people (he calls it âempathizingâ) and the kind used to understand things (âsystemizingâ). Though most of us have both abilities, studies suggest that females are better than males at empathizing, while males have a stronger knack for systemizing. By Baron-Cohenâs account, autism is just an exaggerated version of the male profileâan extreme fondness for rule-based systems, coupled with an inability to intuit peopleâs feelings and intentions. The truth may not be quite that simple, but the concepts of âEâ and âSâ offer a powerful new framework for thinking about boys, girls and autism. If Baron-Cohen is right, autism is not just a disease in need of a cure. Itâs a mental style that people can learn to accommodate. Sometimes itâs even a gift.
For complete article click
http//www.msnbc.com/news/958646.asp?cp1=1#BODY
And for finding out whether you are autistic or not, take a 50 Questions test by clicking the link on the above website.
what i have observed that accountants bear some properties extraordinary to normal persons............
A good article in newsweek appeared in its last issue
Cambridge University psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen has a thesis that bears on all these questions. In a bold new book called âThe Essential Difference,â he de-fines autism as an imbalance between two kinds of intelligence the kind used to understand people (he calls it âempathizingâ) and the kind used to understand things (âsystemizingâ). Though most of us have both abilities, studies suggest that females are better than males at empathizing, while males have a stronger knack for systemizing. By Baron-Cohenâs account, autism is just an exaggerated version of the male profileâan extreme fondness for rule-based systems, coupled with an inability to intuit peopleâs feelings and intentions. The truth may not be quite that simple, but the concepts of âEâ and âSâ offer a powerful new framework for thinking about boys, girls and autism. If Baron-Cohen is right, autism is not just a disease in need of a cure. Itâs a mental style that people can learn to accommodate. Sometimes itâs even a gift.
For complete article click
http//www.msnbc.com/news/958646.asp?cp1=1#BODY
And for finding out whether you are autistic or not, take a 50 Questions test by clicking the link on the above website.
