Cognitive Inflexibility: Welcome To The Dumpster Fire

Podcast: The Autistic Mile · Jim Gaffney

Opublikowano: 2026-09-16

Cognitive Inflexibility: Welcome to the Dumpster Fire 🔥 Ever have one unfinished task, unexpected change, or problem that your brain simply refuses to let go of? Welcome to the dumpster fire. In this episode of The Autistic Mile, Jim and Shane dive into cognitive inflexibility—what happens when the autistic brain gets stuck on a task, thought, plan, or problem and changing direction feels almost impossible. We explore executive function, the Zeigarnik Effect, working memory, inhibitory control, rumination, and why somet...