Savant Syndrome
Below normal intelligence combined with a special talent or ability in a specific area. Also known as autistic savant or idiot savant. Children who display savant syndrome have traditionally been referred to… More »
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What is an idiot savant? ... Current research theories show that intelligence is non-local and not bound to the brain. Sometimes nature offers insight into a particular subject by presenting a baffling enigma and contradictory example. Intelligence's contradictory enigma is the idiot-savant.
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Savant syndrome , sometimes abbreviated as savantism , is not a recognized medical diagnosis, but researcher Darold Treffert describes it as a rare condition in which persons with developmental dis...
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While not nearly as vociferous an objector to the recent National Artist selections, I nevertheless had to turn in to last night's "Media in Focus," which featured Butch Dalisay, Alexis Tioseco (film critic of Philippine Free Press), I felt certain I would capture a lot of memorable sound bites. ... Alam kong bagay sa akin!";
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Less idiot, more savant.
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; An idiot savant is a person with autism that has extraordinary skills in certain domains in spite of cognitive deficiencies in most others.
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Brief and Straightforward Guide: What is an Idiot Savant? ... Most often, the savant is a person who suffers from extreme autism. In autism, the idiot savant cannot reach out to other people in a normal way. He or she may find it extremely difficult to express emotions, to communicate through spoken language,
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Joseph Papp Public Theater New York ... Marie asks the Idiot Savant, “But what makes certain words – magic?” What follows is a wild theatrical odyssey that could only have sprung from the fantastical mind of Richard Foreman (THE THREEPENNY OPERA), New York’s legendary avant-garde genius.
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'Idiots-savants' are people of low intelligence who have one or two outstanding talents such as calendrical calculation, drawing or musical performance. ... The Medscape Journal ... Allergy & Clinical Immunology...
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