Sublime

As we’ve noted before, matters of identity figure large in discussions of female autism, when a key benefit of an eventual diagnosis appears to be that of finally feeling that you know who you are and where you belong, a sense of finding your tribe.

To make a specific prediction, the brain must combine knowledge of the invariant structure with the most recent details.

For example, something I hear can lead to a prediction of what I should see or feel.

What we have been calling a fingerprint might just be a stereotype.29

The right hemisphere prioritises whatever

In sum, experience creates the repeated neural firing that can lead to gene expression, protein production, and changes in both the genetic regulation of neurons and the structural connections in the brain.

the brain is designed to do extraordinary mental calculations.

Noam Chomsky.

neocortex is forming predictions about sensory patterns that allow you to see into the future, but your palette of available behaviors is pretty much unaffected.