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Record W4410884128 · doi:10.31234/osf.io/kvhac_v1

A cognitive model of autism

2025· preprint· en· W4410884128 on OpenAlexaff
Lorin Friesen

Bibliographic record

Venuenot available
Typepreprint
Languageen
FieldNeuroscience
TopicAutism Spectrum Disorder Research
Canadian institutionsAbbotsford Veterinary Clinic
Fundersnot available
KeywordsAutismCognitionPsychologyCognitive psychologyCognitive scienceDevelopmental psychologyNeuroscience

Abstract

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The theory of mental symmetry models the mind as seven high-level interacting cognitive modules that can function together in three different ways: rigorous technical thought, analogical normal thought, and the emotional schema of mental networks. This paper suggests that autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can be explained cognitively as a mind that emphasizes mental networks and technical thought while being impaired in normal thought. Minimizing normal thought causes mental networks and technical thought to develop and function abnormally, generating the symptoms of autism. Minimizing normal thought relates to the executive dysfunction theory of autism, while abnormal mental networks correspond to the empathizing-systemizing theory. Excessive technical thought leads to the hyper-systemizing of Asperger’s syndrome (AS). Autism is a spectrum because the severity of autistic symptoms depends upon the extent to which normal thought is dysfunctional.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.001
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.001
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Theoretical or conceptual · Consensus signal: Theoretical or conceptual
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: none
Teacher disagreement score0.006
Threshold uncertainty score0.021

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0010.001
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0010.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.001
Bibliometrics0.0020.001
Science and technology studies0.0010.006
Scholarly communication0.0020.003
Open science0.0010.001
Research integrity0.0010.001
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0060.001

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.091
GPT teacher head0.366
Teacher spread0.275 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designTheoretical or conceptual
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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