Researchers: People With Autism May Have Edge In Information Processing

HealthDay (3/26, Preidt) reports that "people with autism have an enhanced ability to process information, which may explain the apparently higher-than-average percentage of people with autism who work in the information technology industry, British researchers say." HealthDay adds that "along with this heightened capacity for processing information, people with autism are better able to detect information that is considered critical, according to the study," which appeared in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology.

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