有自闭症的人有比常人更快处理感知信息的能力。 这也解释了为什么IT行业比其他行业自闭症者多的原因。
"Professor Lavie believes that the finding may help explain why people with autism spectrum disorders, such as Asperger's syndrome, may excel in some careers such as IT, which can require intense concentration and the ability to process a great deal of information from a computer screen. Autism diagnoses in California's Silicon Valley reportedly increased three-fold in the 1990s, a phenomenon termed 'geek syndrome' by 'Wired' magazine."
全文在这: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120322100313.htm