Some other fun anecdote: when reading about dizzy-balance problem diagnoses, I noticed a side note that the diagnosis criteria for balance disorders on a videonystagmography (especially ocular testing) —-are not accurate for people with autism. This needs more follow up (in case its simply a correlation), but my early assessment would be that the presence of both heightened sensitivity to sounds/lights/texture etc. and divergences in automatic balance response thresholds in autism——> strongly supports your hypothesis.
Do you know of research into the flip side of this - e.g. athletes in flow or on a hot streak (Steph Curry, etc.) who typically report this as a process that doesn't involve conscious decisionmaking?
Very awesome, well cited follow up :D
Some other fun anecdote: when reading about dizzy-balance problem diagnoses, I noticed a side note that the diagnosis criteria for balance disorders on a videonystagmography (especially ocular testing) —-are not accurate for people with autism. This needs more follow up (in case its simply a correlation), but my early assessment would be that the presence of both heightened sensitivity to sounds/lights/texture etc. and divergences in automatic balance response thresholds in autism——> strongly supports your hypothesis.
Do you know of research into the flip side of this - e.g. athletes in flow or on a hot streak (Steph Curry, etc.) who typically report this as a process that doesn't involve conscious decisionmaking?