This article is basically an article that reviews the current theories regarding the neuroscience of intelligence. It's saying that there seems to be evidence of 'g' (which you could call IQ, but is the variance in cognitive abilities) that dictates the efficiency of our brain as a network of networks. It describes the brain as a interconnected global network of local networks that have discrete responsibilities. The reason these local networks to handle specific things is because it's more efficient to process in close proximity. And that the communication between these 'nodes' and the ability to tap into stored memory and intuition is described by 'g'.
A good workplace analogy would be a large team that can flexibly reorganize itself in a task-relevant way.
My assumption was some parts of they brains didn't develop normally which made it much more difficult for them to learn certain tasks. I've also run into people that have other deficits, friend didn't drive because of spacial deficits. But had a PhD in math. Bonus my brother drives.
http://www.medicaldaily.com/kids-autism-have-hyperconnected-...
99% of these autism studies are garbage.
note that this is an opinion article explaining an emerging theory. the theory / field of study is based in computational network models based on data from fmri and diffusion tensor mri and other methods. they do not focus on cellular or molecular biology, genetics, etc. their perspective focuses on brain organization in terms of network efficiency