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Object personification in autism: This paper will be very sad if you don't read it (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
submitted 2 days ago by CombatWombatEsq@lemmy.world to c/autism@lemmy.world
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I was just reminded of one of my favorite paper titles and I wanted to share with y’all.

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[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

https://youtube.com/watch?v=z906aLyP5fg

I wonder how many of my comments on lemmy have been variations of this.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 0 points 1 day ago

Steve! Nooooo!

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Good thing I only do this with my stuffed animals!

ᶦ ˢʷᵉᵃʳ ᶦ ᵃᵐ ᵃⁿ ᵃᵈᵘˡᵗ

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I bought my first plushie at 34yo, so I can confirm having them is a responsible adult thing

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip 1 points 15 hours ago

I cannot think of a time in my life where I didn't have any, so I'm absolutely biased, but definitely a good purchase.

[–] persona_non_gravitas@piefed.social 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

And then it doesn't offer a free full paper.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

One word. Sci-hub

[–] persona_non_gravitas@piefed.social 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

But then it's not the real paper behind the intended link, just a copy, and the paper on Sage will still be sad.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago

Not as sad as the shareholders. Poor, poor shareholders, won't somebody please think of the shareholders?

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 1 points 1 day ago

Seems to be a pretty short paper (12 total, 3 are references), if this one happens to be the full copy

https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:edc2de03-af02-4dd4-8851-e567cb6b255a

[–] Lexam@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I do this to everything.

[–] CombatWombatEsq@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Panpsychism ftw

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 2 points 2 days ago

Might I introduce you to Shintoism?