Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Eidetic Memory, Savant Syndrome, Brain Damage

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Prof

Document Summary

Idiot was accepted category of mental retardation at the time: i. q. Excel in narrow range of abilities: lightening fast math, music, calendar calculations, art, mechanical or spatial abilities. Other reports of ability in: time estimation, sensory discrimination, esp. All seem to be in right hemisphere. All linked with phenomenal (but narrow) memory. Very rare less than 100 reports of prodigious ability. 6 times morel likely in males than females. Neurons in left die: right hemisphere recruits neural connections across corpus callosum, effect can be triggered by testosterone. Pervasive development disorder: three other types. More common in males when iq > 35. Impaired social interactions: no friends, no eye contact, even with mom. Impaired communication: limited or unusual speech, echolalia. Restricted behavior, interests: like things to stay the same , ritualistic behavior e. g. spinning around. Not really sure: unlikely to be social e. g. , poor parenting. Not vaccines (mmr: dr. andrew wakefield.