The automatic connection between perception and behavior facilitates social acceptance in group settings by shaping our behavior to be consonant with that of others. ... In this sense, these individuals must learn to understand and implement the cues under conscious control. Individuals with ASD thus do not readily reap the adaptive benefits of perception automatically translating to behavior to foster positive social interactions. ... Compromised social information processing, and by extension social relations, may also be explored in the context of person perception. ... In this way, it ...

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Together, the limbic system and inferior temporal lobe have been found to provide foundations for mystical, spiritual, and religious experiences -- the perception and hallucination of ghosts, demons, and spirits and the belief in demonic or angelic possession (Motluck 7). ... These nuclei are "primary in regard to memory, the production of visual imagery, and the expression and perception of most aspects of emotion (including religious ecstasy)." ... Consequently, the perception of certain objects often results in feelings of "fear, foreboding, or religious awe," since the limbic system is als...

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