We suggest specifically that attenuated Bayesian priors – ‘hypo-priors’ – may be responsible for the unique perceptual experience of autistic people, leading to a tendency to perceive the world more accurately rather than modulated by prior experience.
This sounds intriguingly helpful, though (as always) it's important for us all to remember that it's a tendency, not a superpower that being autistic unlocks, not something that will apply equally to all, not even something that applies always to the same degree in any one of us.
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