Pseudosignals jam everyone, I think. I can't remember what it's called, but I remember at least one privacy device based on this concept--it emits random conversation-like sounds at speaking volume so that you can have a real conversation near it and not be understood by casual listeners.
The difference probably has more to do with your ability to turn off processing on a source or at least broad classification of sources In other words, can you ignore the pseudosignal? I suspect most normals can, at the expensive of the real signals it's masking.
I get majorly distracted by this sort of thing, but I don't know that it's an Asperger's thing. I suspect it's more on the ADD spectrum; Asperger's is more about human signal processing (subtext, facial expressions, tone of voice, and implicit social expectations) whereas ADD is more about environmental processing.
In my case, small noises just within my range of hearing pull my attention to them like a magnet. This causes all sorts of interesting problems in apartment living or cubicle working.
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The difference probably has more to do with your ability to turn off processing on a source or at least broad classification of sources In other words, can you ignore the pseudosignal? I suspect most normals can, at the expensive of the real signals it's masking.
I get majorly distracted by this sort of thing, but I don't know that it's an Asperger's thing. I suspect it's more on the ADD spectrum; Asperger's is more about human signal processing (subtext, facial expressions, tone of voice, and implicit social expectations) whereas ADD is more about environmental processing.
In my case, small noises just within my range of hearing pull my attention to them like a magnet. This causes all sorts of interesting problems in apartment living or cubicle working.