The brain

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does anyone know how the brain of a person affected by aspergers or autism differs from NTs?

I always think some cells are missing from my brain, so I can't use those cells (the missing cells are probably the social ones that were meant to be there).

i have read somewhere (no, i dont really remember where), that we actually have *bigger* brains (not to be confused with intelligence).
the article stated that autistic brains have a lot more connections then an NTs, but that actually was the problem.
imagine a city with a wheel street layout, concentric circles with direct lines trough them; like paris around the arc de triomphe.
that street plan actually works well, if you regulate it, and is the NT method. though; it might take a while to get 2 blocks further, becouse you got to go to the centre first.

now the autistic brain has many, many roads. "i gotta go there" "lets build a road".
this makes it easy to go from one place to another, but the chaotic floor plan it results in makes efficient travel nearly inpossible.

".....mirror neurons may be important for understanding the actions of other people, and for learning new skills by imitation. Some researchers also speculate that mirror systems may simulate observed actions, and thus contribute to theory of mind skills,[5][6] while others relate mirror neurons to language abilities.[7] It has also been proposed that problems with the mirror system may underlie cognitive disorders, particularly autism.[8][9] However the connection between mirror neuron dysfunction and autism is tentative and it remains to be seen how mirror neurons may be related to many of the important characteristics of autism"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_neurons

I am not an expert but, as far as I am aware, there is no consistent physical difference between an NT and an AS brain. However brain activity scans show less activity in the left Amygdala of AS brains compaired to NT brains when the subjects are exposed to emotional stimuli.

I don't see how my brain could be bigger if I've got such a small head.