CGSC 2001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Savant Syndrome, Derek Paravicini, Daniel Tammet
15 Aug 2016
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Reads two pages at once his left eye reads the left page, right eye reads the right page. A rare condition that is characterized by two elements: developmental disabilities, such as autism or other cn disorders, exceptional abilities that stand in jarring juxtaposition to overall limitations. The condition can be present from birth and evident in early childhood (congenital) or develop later in life after injury or disease (acquired) Iq levels in savants can range from subnormal to exceptional. Iq tests measure only one facet of intelligence something termed iq . Savants tend to do poorly on that particular measure of intelligence (related to verbal measures) Iq tests fail to measure some of the other forms of intelligence that savants possess in greater or lesser measure as well. Until we understand savants and their abilities, we cannot understand the human mind. Calendar calculating: occurs most frequently, involved computing the day of the week a given date will fall on.
