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Totally arbitrary autism connection news by Lizard_King 04/04/2008, 6:24am PDT
Computer game addicts like people with Aspergers. Thanks to that hardworking American-British duo, I now know that extraversion is a legitimate variant for extroversion. Unfortunately, that was the extent of the revelations it provided. I think we have an initial entry for the 2008 "Who can most shamelessly milk grant money by tying autism to their work" award, although I'm sure we'll see many more entries.



Side note: Shacknews managed to ruin their summary of this article by turning
British Psychological Society wrote:

They found that the closer the players got to addiction the more likely they were to display negative personality traits. And that as players showed more signs of addiction they were increasingly characterised by three personality traits that would normally be associated with Aspergers, a variety of high functioning autism. These were neuroticism, and lack of extraversion and agreeableness .


into
Shacknews wrote:

Moreover, signs of addiction were also found to complement personality traits such as neuroticism, introversion and an agreeable nature.


I give them a pass on turning "computer game addicts" into "game addicts", since it's safe to assume whoever thought of this crucial poll makes no distinction either. The shack comments on the article are the obvious spice to the story.

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