Asperger Syndrome as a psychosomatic imprinting disorder

Abstract

The purpose of this review is to represent a variety of research findings on Asperger’s etiopathogenesis and to incorporate them into a psychological-neuropsychological interpretation. Research on brain regions and neural networks, as well the different psychodynamic theories, are analyzed. Persons with Asperger’s syndrome have been shown to experience difficulty in understanding the compositionality of each other’s subjective experience, developing an empathy by incorporating mainly their own personal objective experience. This bewilderment can lead to an accumulation of charged energy which seeks to defuse itself by finding a way out in a psychosomatic imprint. The present review creates interest in examining the psychosomatic trace, as an imprint of the social interaction difficulties faced by persons with Asperger’s.