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How exactly do I interpret this scale :)?

For those curious: https://dlcincluded.github.io/MQ/

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[–] Junkers_Klunker@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What does monotropic mean?

[–] Zuberi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Monotropism is often described as a "tunnel vision" and is posited as the "central underlying feature" of autism

It is described as a person's tendency to focus their attention on a small number of interests at any time, tending to miss things outside of this attention tunnel.

[–] Junkers_Klunker@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Ahh, yea thats me 😅