Like mermaids or centaurs: psychological functions that are constructed through interaction (Como sirenas o centauros: funciones psicológicas que se construyen en interacción)

ABSTRACT Rivière proposed a taxonomy of psychological functions organized around a set of dimensions that qualify human development. Type 3 functions involve the inculturation of aspects defined in biology. Its alteration comprises the core of the cognitive phenotype in autism, and understanding its genesis allows for conceptualizing autism as the product of a process of adaptation to the physical and social environment, based on atypical restrictions both in processing social stimuli and in participating in meaningful interactions.