The state or quality of being asynchronous; a lack of synchronization or timing coordination.
From Greek 'a-' (not) + 'synchrony' (simultaneous occurrence), formed by adding the prefix to the noun synchrony. This technical term is used across psychology, neuroscience, and technology to describe timing misalignment.
Neuroscientists discovered that autism spectrum conditions often involve asynchrony between different brain regions—parts that should fire together don't, which helps explain why sensory processing can feel overwhelming for autistic people!
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