'People with autism have stronger connections between brain cells'

I know past memories are long term while i feel this article is talking more about short term memories related to conversation and tasks.

Im going off on a tangent here as i quite often do....but like you say its exploring the branches of the tree...

Could it also explain why (for me as self-identified ASC) i get incredibly nostalgic? Why i cant let go of some things from the past? Why, when someone talks about something from the past they talk as if it happened a long time ago but for me its still clear, vivid, and feels like yesterday?

I thought that was more related to the ASD and another way of processing emotions and I don't think the article meant that. 

I do know what you mean though. I've got the same. Some even wake me up at night and I relive the experience

I thought that was more related to having trouble processing emotions.

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I do know what you mean though. I've got the same. Some even wake me up at night and I relive the experience

I do that all the time.  Even small things haunt me in my sleep.  It's like you get a tiny dent in your car from a stone thrown up as you're driving.  The car still looks the same.  But you know the dent is there.  And you focus on it.  It's the only thing you see every time you go to the car.  And the car is changed - even devalued - because of it. Even though no one else even notices the dent, because it's so tiny, and the car isn't theirs.

I like that about the dent. Because it is a dent on the inside and a big one that sticks out.

I like that about the dent. Because it is a dent on the inside and a big one that sticks out.