<p>Actually, my understanding of brain differences with re to autism is that the brains of autistic people have more WHITE matter relative to neurotypical brains. White matter is the connection parts of neurons, which brings up intriguing ideas about connections between regions of the brain, and between the halves of the brain. In any case, the physiology is interesting, though in the context of this discussion, is probably not that important, except that what we see as “remoteness” might be a more “male” trait.</p>