Griffin and Tyrell also suggested that caetextia "is a more accurate and descriptive term for this inability to see how one variable influences another, particularly at the higher end of the spectrum, than the label of 'Asperger's syndrome'".
This can result in people with caetextia experiencing elevated levels of frustration, anger, and anxiety when faced with a situation that requires giving attention to more than one interacting variable or factor at a time.
This can be attributed to the inability to unconsciously draw upon the contextual information presented in a given situation as well as evaluate the significance of change with regards to the surrounding environment.
[2] Some areas that are affected by ASD are the ability to understand and use non-verbal and verbal communication, behave in socially appropriate ways, flexible thinking, and under or over sensitivity to sensory stimuli.
Mammals formed a mechanism capable of gauging risk by processing multiple streams of information whilst at the same time, unconsciously comparing similar, previous experiences.
[citation needed] The theory of social coherence suggests that, when carrying out tasks, autistic people fail to process information for context-dependent meaning.
If an autistic person is asked to retell a story, they are likely to focus on the small details but will miss the overarching idea, meaning or metaphor.
Research suggests that theory of mind is either absent or delayed in autistic individuals and this can explain their difficulty with social interactions.
Research has shown that instinctive patterns for responding to the environment such as emotions, appetite and urges are programmed during REM sleep in the foetus and new-born.
[additional citation(s) needed][12] This leads to the overarching theme: that mammals had to learn to make decisions based on context.
[citation needed] There is physiological evidence for the existence of parallel processing using neuro-imaging techniques of the brain’s default network.
[definition needed][13] When the brain is not engaged with specific outward activity, it uses 30 percent more calories than when it focused inwards, this includes daydreaming, thinking about the past or future and perspective taking.
Conversely, people with left-brained caetextia are ‘locked out’ of the default system and so unable to relate their current reality to the deeper context in which they exist.