Something many within the autism spectrum share is something I often refer to as my stew-pot, although I understand it is also called subliminal mentation. In my situation many complex situations are solved or ideas linked without any awareness required on my part. Things I don’t understand are stored in my “stew-pot” and seem to pop out when they are “done”. Temple Grandin has theorized that this characteristic of autistics may in its extreme manifestation be related to the “savant” skills seen with some autistics. [I will locate the specific reference to this theorization soon It was in a book section entitled 'Anthropologist From Mars' regarding Dr. Grandin.]
Most individuals have some sort of “stew-pot” such as this, but in the autism spectrum it is dramatically increased. I believe it is also related to the profound creativity associated with autism. This area definitely merits further research.
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I used to have this a lot — I used to joke that I should get paid for two shifts at work, because I would wake up in the morning with my computer programs debugged while I slept. But after recovering from a concussion, I lost the ability to think in the background. Now I’m worse than average at this, instead of being better than average. When I try to explain to people the way my brain used to work, they think I’m making it up.