Sunday, December 28, 2008

Neuro Politics:Savants & Autism


3.1459265358979323846264............wiki/Savant_syndrome

3.1459265358979323846264............wiki/Savant_syndrome
3.1459265358979323846264............wiki/Savant_syndrome

According to Treffert, something that almost all savants have in common is a prodigious memory of a special type:[1] a memory that he describes as "exceedingly deep but very, very narrow".[1]

Savant-like skills may be latent in everyone.[4] Allan Snyder attempted to simulate savant impairment in normal controls by "directing low-frequency magnetic pulses into the left fronto-temporal lobe" of the brain (believed to be a method of temporarily inactivating the region and allowing for more direct processing of the extremely rapid counting task). Differences were observed in four of 11 subjects.[4]


Savants


The Human Camera


Stats


The Brain Man

No comments: