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30 Jul 2007 Grax and the Autism Study pt 1
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I am helping mankind by partaking in an Autism study.
About a month ago I noticed a flyer from the local Oxford hospital asking for voulenteers to partake in an Autsim study. I figured "Hey why not. It might be fun to do and I might learn a bit about myself". So I called up the number on the flyer and voulenteered myself.
Last week I got the call and made my way to the hospital to show them how Grax thinks. Half an hour late mind, but Grax showed up none the less.
I was interviewed and test by a thin, nerdy (in a cute way) woman about my age. She sat me down in an isolated room and we made small talk before getting down to business. The first set of tests involved words and their definition. At first they were simple words like 'bird', 'wheel', 'day', etc. But then they became harder and more abstract. What is the definition of 'Number', 'purpose', 'haste', 'excitement'? The more words she came up with, the more I realised that I uses words without actually knowing their full meaning. I felt my charming powers against this nerdy hottie fading.
It was enough to make one feel very simple indeed.
The next test I was given a series of cubes with coloured sides and I had to copy the patterns that were shown in a book. That was simple enough to do and I got all but the last one correct, because I didn't look at it from the right angle.
By this point my mind was spend and I wanted to nap (the fact that I was up till 2:00am and woke up at 7:00am didn't help either). But still more tests had to be done. The last test involved me staring at a computer screen and copying the movement of the fingers on the screen. For 15 minutes. This test was mind-numbing. I'm sure I had actually nodded off to sleep for a split second or two several times. Afterwards the cute nerd told me that she sympathised with me. Which is nice.
There's more to the study that features a huge brain scanner of some kind, but the scanner was down for maintanance so I have to wait till it's repaired.
More to come in the future. Stay tuned!
Posted at: 21:43PM
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WaltChink said on Saturday 4th of August 2007 at 03:22:19 AM
NNoooooooooooo she's measurung the compatibilty of ur brain... SHE IS GONNA ARE STEAL IT.. think about it . disguised aliens in teh movies always look like HOT NERDS from BookWormSluts.com GRAX said on Saturday 4th of August 2007 at 10:25:26 PM
Oh my word there actually IS a site called Bookworm sluts! It's all true. I could I have been so blind?!