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First question, how deep is your knowledge about autism and Asperger Syndrome? Do you understand how autistic people think? Do you understand, what this girl have meant, when she have written, she doesn't really understand what each means? For neurotypical person, a typical use-case for I understand you phrase is I know what you feel. But autistic people by ...

I'm not an expert in this field, but this seemed interesting enough I did some reading up on the topic. The two review papers I found quickly were Prasse & Kikano (2008) and Lawrence & Barclay (1998), both from the Journal of the American Academy of Family Physicians. I have no idea whether this is a reputable journal or not. There appear to be ...

I'd like to expand on volkerjaan's answer. I am Asperger myself. I know what :-), ;-) and ;-( mean (though I know ^^ only as see above). I don't necessarily understand when people are using them. I do understand their origins, and I suspect that is what the question boils down to. To explain what they mean: :-) — person feels happy :-( — person feels sad ...

Focusing on the word "seamlessly", in the more general case (not just typing)--once you look at cognitive/linguistic activity with a fine enough resolution it becomes clear that language-switching is not usually seamless. There is typically a cost (lowered performance, either in speed or accuracy) to switching languages in any modality, which is typically ...

I'm no expert, but I can take a stab at it. What part of the brain is involved in this phenomenon The amygdala is my guess. This is based on the fact that the amygdala is responsible for more responses than fight or flight, as I had previously thought. Recently I read a book by Missy Vineyard on the Alexander Technique, and this review of How You ...

Found what I consider to be the best reference here Hirsch, E. S. (1996). The block book (Third ed.). Washington, DC: National Association for the Education of Young Children. It's certainly going in the thesis after glancing through it. Thought posting it here might helps others too.

:) (also spelled :-)) A modifier meaning that someone is happy or want to relieve. E.g.: I was a really nice day :). Don't worry, you will pass the exam :). :( (also spelled: :-() A modifier that someone is sad or wants to say sorry. E.g.: ...and then I spilt all milk :(. I couldn't do it for you :(. ;) (also spelled: ;-)) A ...

Speaking from personal experience (touch typing german to english keyboards) you need a trigger to switch. In contrast to this the language I'm typing can change mid sentence. Again usually there is a trigger - a turn of phrase that works better in the other language & triggers the switch. Doesn't happen so much while speaking, though.