Most people think we have 5 basic senses: sight, smell, hearing, taste and touch. But we do not only have senses for the outside world around us. Human beings also have senses for what’s going on inside themselves, inside their own body: a sense for movement and balance (vestibular), a sense for the position of your body (proprioception) and – last but not least – a sense for what’s going on in all your organs. Sensory experiences for both the outside and the inside world are influenced by how the brain predicts the world.
In this webinar we will describe how the predictive coding perspective sheds a whole new light on the sensory issues in autism. And that the sensory issues in autism might not be sensory at all…
Content:
- The predictive brain: how does it work
- Prediction errors and sensory experiences
- Hyper- and hyporeactivity
- Why reducing or avoiding sensory input is not always autism friendly