Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, White Matter, Andrew Wakefield

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

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6 times more likely in males than in females famous savants: Leslie: blind piano player with severe mental delays and cerebral palsy. George: can give you the day of the week for any date and can tell you the weather for any day but can"t count to 30. Alonzo clemons: makes brass sculptures (horse) worth ,000 possible explanations: eidetic imaging. 1. perhaps savants have photographic memory (unlikely) crazy calculations are beyond published data (someone didn"t see it somewhere and memorize it, they just calculate it) high % are blind so they can"t look at stuff. 2. heredity early studies suggest family relationship but recent data suggest no. 3. sensory deprivation resulting from autism -- promotes intense concentration autistic kids most likely group to develop syndrome (1 in 10) but. 4. reinforcement social attention serves as reward for display of talent but its unlikely as many crave attention without developing exceptional talent as many crave attention without developing exceptional talent.