It’s a lack of awareness for the emotional needs and feelings of others that seems to be a greater hallmark of this type of person in my mind, and what causes their hardship in relating to others and making friends with so called “normal” people. Things like changing clothes at their desk in the middle of their co-workers, eating someone else’s food in the fridge, telling someone that their haircut looks horrible, etc.

Maybe these all fit into the goal reaching decision making process (I need to change my clothes, and the quickest and easiest way to get food is to eat what’s in the fridge), but a hallmark of greater intelligence without this “syndrome” is the ability to realize that sometimes choosing a slightly less optimal path (going to get ones own food, changing in the bathroom) give one a greater chance of not offending ones peers who will then feel more favorably towards them and thus offer them help at a future time. That for a small loss now, one has the chance for greater gain in the future.

Anyway, great article! Made me think quite a bit!

I’ve always thought that it’s more of a dedication of brain cell connections to other functions.