How is a programmer brain and life style different from a non-programmer brain?

Its unarguable that programmers think in binary, but I really want to know how a programmer's brain function, the ability to relate the unrelated, the capability to think about code even while sleeping and the ability to read and understand documentation at a very incredible rate. This argument comes up during launch while non-programmer staff mentions pointers and a programmer be like do you even know what you are talking about ? The argument starts.. I am looking forward to expert engineers answering this question from different angle.

What really is the difference ?