autistic children - faults in brain connections

I don't know anyone with autism; my interest is that the condition appears to give us information about how we as humans work or don't work with regard to things like brain function, emotion and sociability. This article reports research using brain scans,

The scans suggest that while people with autism can recognise expressions, the brain circuits that attach emotion to them are faulty, making it hard or impossible to read others' feelings.

Adding the the weight of evidence suggesting that 'mind reading' is fundamental to human social development which is in turn key for all kinds of other cognitive development.
For those of us interested in the corporate dimension of human being, not least for the image of God and understanding principalities, powers and original sin, this is important material for reflection.
SocietyGuardian.co.uk | Health | Scans of autistic children show faults in brain circuits: Filed in: autism, emotion, research, brain