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withASDandhermother.TheseworksaboutASDdescribe
centrality* in Broca¡¯s area* compared to their neurotypical
theloveoffamilyinmanycases.Thewell-knownstoryplot,
cohortandthatASDadultsshowalowerdegreeofcentrality
suggesting that to pursue love in difficult circumstances is
in Wernicke¡¯s area* compared to their neurotypical cohort.
a solution, is based on an old prejudice that ASD appears
The cause of ASD is turning out to be neurological, not
because there is a lack of love. The book ¡°In a Different
psychological, as supported by various studies, but public
Key: The Story of Autism¡± mentions that these subjects are
understanding is progressing slowly. The protagonist of the
entrenchedbythe
drama ¡°Extraordinary Attorney Woo,¡± who is abandoned by
message rooted
her mother in
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t h roughout
the show, may
society that
be regarded by
autism is caused
the viewers as
by a lack of love.
another case
People think the
where ASD
cause of ASD,
occurs by the
which is still
lack of parental
¡ãBoth films are about ASD children and their
unknown for
love.
¡ãBroca¡¯s and Wernicke¡¯s areas are deeply related
parentsovercomingstrugglesthroughlove.
the most part, is
tolanguagefunction.
coldparents.Theybelievethecoldreactionofamomtoward
*Degree centrality: The measure of connection from one specific part to another
part. The more connection it has, the more centrality it shows and interacts with
an infant or child affects a child¡¯s psychology, resulting
otherparts.
*Broca¡¯s area: The part of the brain that is deeply related to language utterance
in intellectual and mental retardation. Based on these
andunderstanding,locatedintheleftbrain¡¯sinferiorfrontalgyrus.
*Wernicke¡¯sarea:Thepartofthebrainthatisdeeplyrelatedtoauditory,phoneme,
perceptions,therealsoisthephrase¡°coldparents,¡±referring
andsemanticprocesses,locatedintheleftsuperiortemporalgyrus.
toindifferentparentsofASDchildren.Viewsthatblamethe
parents of children with ASD, especially moms, have been
widespreadwithoutanyfactualevidence.
IsASDWrong?
The wrong understanding, which sees the cause of ASD
as the parents, has considerably been diminished in medical
terms via recent progress in brain science, which finds the
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cause in neurological factors. Shin Kyung-soon, a lecturer
in the Department of Linguistics and Cognitive Science at
HUFS, said, ¡°The superior temporal gyrus of both the left
andtherighthemispheresofthebrainareknowntorespond
sensitively to diverse kinds of movements, and many studies
have found that ASD shows a decline in activation in that
area compared to people who are neurotypical,¡± explaining
the neurological reason why people with ASD suffer from
¡ãWoo from the drama tries to choose an appropriate facial expression in
combining diverse stimulations in the course of recognizing
thegivencontext.
externalstimulus.Shealsomentioned,¡°Thepartsofthebrain
In the drama ¡°Extraordinary Attorney Woo,¡± Woo tries the
are interconnected to near and far parts, but in the case of
suit her father bought for her first day of work, finding the
ASD,theyshowsomewhatcomplicatedanddiscordedresults
picture of ¡°joy¡± among many pictures of emotions with the
in the problem of brain connectivity.¡± Lee Yu-bu, a research
title ¡°Human Emotion¡± and imitating the joyful smile just
professoroftheCenterforNeuroscienceImagingResearchat
like the face on the picture. Like the scene of the drama,
the Institute for Basic Science at Sungkyunkwan University,
those with ASD apprehend others¡¯ emotions by memorizing
said that studies have found through brain network analysis
meanings associated with the features of the face, like ¡°the
that ASD children and teenagers show a lower degree of
smiling face shows raised mouth corner and descended eyes
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