I think what I'm coming to believe (the research is there) is that our brains are more sensitive to information and stimulation, and that we become so overwhelmed that we can't reason properly. Someone wrote this brilliant article about the way autistic people think. It is spot on. It is why we take so long to reach conclusions.

https://medium.com/autistic-discovery/the-thinking-style-that-gives-autistic-people-a-different-approach-9558945d6aa9