An autist's brain

>>9135658
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autism#Neuropsychology

Not hard to figure out yourself

>>9135681
>>>/b/

>>9135658
E/I balance contributes too apparently

>>9135858
>E/I balance
Literally what

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>>9135910

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>>9135963

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>>9135658
It's more or less the exact opposite. Reduced dendritic arborization in cortical neurons, less layer V pyramidal cells, even some asynaptic neurons that are still kicking around despite being very likely useless. Coupled with chronic neuroinflammation and often hyper sensitive VGCCs, which potentiates further brain damage.

Most autistic people are not savants, and arguably most savants are not actually autistic. Autism is brain damage and altered subsequent development. Some people have deficits and great strengths, many people are severely disabled and must be cared for, for life. Also for the record, Rainman, ie Kim Peek, has agenesis of his corpus callosum, not autism. Common misconception.

>>9136514
I'm interested in knowing where you read about this. Seems pretty straightforward.

>>9136514
What then causes high functioning autists to be more imaginative, better at Math, excel greatly at one particular thing (as long as it doesn't require interaction with others) etc?

>>9136859
Sounds like animal model quack desu

>>9135658
Depending on the focus of the autism the compactness of neurons and potential space at certain centers of the brain can tell us alot about what the person has been doing or has adeptness for...

>>9136966
Take a fictional character for example like sherlock holmes.
His olfactory sensors, his quick perception skills, his multi-tasking abillities would correspond to the exterior "Homonculi" of the brain and his prefrontal cortex. A quick scan would show you how developed each part is. Then comes the fun part. Decoding. Running. Initialising. Understanding.

"What is a man but a miserable pile of atoms?"

-Anon 2017