Extraordinary People: Understanding "idiot Savants""The psychiatrist who was a consultant to the movie Rain Man collects the most fascinating cases of Savant Syndrome both in history and modern times. Dr. Treffert documents the spectacular abilities - the islands of genius - in these remarkable persons, and describes as well the love, determination and dedication of their equally remarkable families, teachers and caretakers. He shares the observations of the far-reaching implications this astonishing condition has for understanding brain function and hidden potential in all of us." - from the publisher. [NF, intelligence]. |
Contents
The Genius of Earlswood Asylum and Other Early Savants | 3 |
Language for an Endless Infancy | 16 |
The Calendar Calculators | 36 |
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able Alonzo amygdala answer areas arithmetic Asperger's Syndrome autistic savant behavior Bernard Rimland blind brain damage brain function calendar calculating CAT scan cells cerebral child circuitry cognitive concert concludes cortex cortical creativity dates defect described developmental disability digit span disability drawing dysfunction Early Infantile Autism echolalia eidetic imagery Ellen emotion explain genius gift handicapped Hermelin hippocampus idiot savant impaired improvisation intelligence language left brain Leslie Lemke Leslie's lightning calculator memory function mental retardation musical ability musical savant Nadia neuronal normal notes occurred particular performance persons PET scans piano piece play pneumoencephalogram prodigious savant Pullen question recall remarkable remember repertoire reported researchers retrolental fibroplasia Richard Wawro right brain right hemisphere Rimland savant skills Savant Syndrome seemed seen sensory showed songs special abilities specific stimuli structures subcortical subjects talented savant thalamus tion tissue trade-off Tredgold twins verbal visual words