Atavistic Autist
Intersectional autistic supremacy
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I've often heard that autistic people have high neural activity in the amygdala, which explains their propensity to have anxiety disorders.
This is only partly true. Recently some researchers actually decided to study autistic adults rather than just autistic children, and they found out that the amygdala of autists stops growing by the age of 16. This means that after adolescence, autistic people steadily lose the ability to feel fear as neurons die in this region of the brain without being replaced. In essence, autistic brains start resembling those of psychopaths in one key respect during adulthood -- just as NTs become increasingly inhibited by the continued growth of this region in their brains!
It's clearly the reason why autists are only seen to become successful later in life. And I can confirm that this is true by anecdotal experience (encountering autistic boomers).
Definitely do not be ashamed to LDAR pending your psychopathic adaptations
This is only partly true. Recently some researchers actually decided to study autistic adults rather than just autistic children, and they found out that the amygdala of autists stops growing by the age of 16. This means that after adolescence, autistic people steadily lose the ability to feel fear as neurons die in this region of the brain without being replaced. In essence, autistic brains start resembling those of psychopaths in one key respect during adulthood -- just as NTs become increasingly inhibited by the continued growth of this region in their brains!
It's clearly the reason why autists are only seen to become successful later in life. And I can confirm that this is true by anecdotal experience (encountering autistic boomers).
Definitely do not be ashamed to LDAR pending your psychopathic adaptations
Amygdala neurons increase as children become adults -- except in autism
Researchers have found that typically-developing children gain more neurons in a region of the brain that governs social and emotional behavior, the amygdala, as they become adults. This phenomenon does not happen in people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Instead, children with ASD have too...
www.sciencedaily.com
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