Na ponta dos dedos : reflexões complexas entre cibernética e aprendizagem de crianças autista.

Abstract

The thread of this research began with the making of educational psychology researcher who works with autistic children. From this practice, she was mobilized to understand the profound implications in cognitive, subjective, emotional and neurophysiologic terms in the relationship with the touch technology. We can say that the biggest obstacle faced by Autism Spectrum Disorder is the difficulty of communication and interaction. Stereotypes, such as the repetition of movements are frequent complaints of relatives. The focus of this research is the coupling of the autistic subject to the technical object, triggering cognitive and affective processes. The theoretical framework that underpins this research brings complexity to the understanding of the cognitive / affective process. The "complexity from noise", Henri Atlan (1992), and the inseparability of knowing / subjectively It is the assumption of the theory of "biology of cognition", Humberto Maturana and Francisco Varela (1980), constitute the basic plot for understanding emergencies. This is a qualitative research, since proposes to work with the subjective as an inseparable dimension of the whole cognitive process. The data generated are handled through the idea of internal mobilization from the noise and the concept of autopoiesis developed by "biology of cognition", and in both there is the principle of self-organization. Based on these studies, the issue of touch is highlighted as something very exciting is triggered from the touch screen: the haptic system kicks in and neurophysiologic mechanisms are triggered. The transformations demonstrate greater cognitive ability to overcome the difficulty levels of applications, making different relationships between them. Understand cognition in a broad way is a path that starts just this complexity paradigm versus autism.