Category: Cognitive Psychology

• Understanding Empathy in AuDHD: When Thinking Replaces Feeling

  This article explores the distinction between cognitive and affective empathy in AuDHD (co-occurring autism and ADHD). It examines how monotropism, alexithymia, and compensatory strategies shape empathy profiles, and introduces the double empathy problem as a reframe of autism empathy research.

• Monotropism in Autism: Insights and Support

  The article explores Monotropism in the context of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). It defines Monotropism as a focused attention style, discusses its impact on social interactions, multitasking, and sensory processing, and highlights the benefits and challenges it presents for autistic individuals. The article also emphasizes the importance of understanding and supporting people with Monotropism in autism.