In this sense, these individuals must learn to understand and implement the cues under conscious control. ... While the reasons individuals with ASD share this common interest have not been clearly identified, the heightened emotional expressiveness of the cartoon characters may offer the concrete, unambiguous nonverbal cues these individuals require to detect and understand another's emotional state. In this way, it makes sense individuals with ASD would be drawn to such clear, well-defined visual stimuli that serve as a soothing contrast to the inherent complexity of the social world....

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Additionally, common methods of attaining states of religious and spiritual awareness such as "isolation, food and water deprivation, increased or decreased sexual activity, pain, drug use, self-mutilation, prayer, and meditation" result in the depletion of serotonin and other neurotransmitters (Joseph 129). ... The fact that these limbic system nuclei and the temporal lobe are common to all people could explain why the belief in souls, spirits, and mystical experiences is present in all cultures worldwide and throughout time. ... The most common reaction of abnormal or heightened activation o...

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