I wonder if that's part of what's going on with autism-spectrum-disorders: i.e. an autistic mind doesn't set the threshold of what's worthy of conscious thought

I wonder if that's part of what's going on with autism-spectrum-disorders: i.e. an autistic mind doesn't set the threshold of what's worthy of conscious thought at as high a level as neurotypical people, so they get more caught-up in the low-level details.