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    Cognitive Savant Syndrome

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    twins.” These twins can calculate calendar 40,000 backward or forward. Author also tells us about how the savant syndrome used to be categories as distinct condition in the past also refer as an idiot savant. The article that was published in the 1988 enlightens the case of savant syndrome that can occur in several conditions like autism and other disabilities. With that being said, Savant syndrome is a rare condition, but it's not a disease or disorder rather it is an extraordinary condition where

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    people with savant syndrome and have extraordinary skills. People like Eddie who had multiple disabilities as well as blind. But he has spectacular musical ability. Also Brittany maier who was 16 and was blind from birth with limited verbal skills, but astonishing pianist and composer. Kodi Lee is who has exceptional vocal and piano skills. Wen Kuei who was blind but he has exceptional skills on musical. It is believe that cause of blindness occur often in musical savants. Blind savants suffer from

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    This 1988 film depicts the characteristics of Savant Syndrome within an individual who is named Raymond. Raymond expresses an extremely high intellect and multiple attributes of a savant due to his remarkable memory, routine, and skills with numbers. The beneficiary of Charlie’s father’s money is the autistic-savant older brother that Charlie never knew he had (Rotten Tomatoes, 2018). Savant Syndrome is exceedingly rare, but a condition in which persons with autism, or other mental handicaps, have

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    Savant Syndrome is an uncommon yet a remarkable condition that individuals with severe mental inability and sometimes with autism possess some special talent. Gnothi Sauton wrote the first scientific paper about savant syndrome in 1783. Sauton described the case of Jebediah Buxton, who had sluggish yet spectacular skills for calculations. Savant abilities are limited to five categories such as music, art, calendar calculation, mathematics, and mechanics or spatial skills. In addition, whatsoever

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    autism savant syndrome. The movie is about Charlie and Raymond Babbitt and how they start to grow a connection with each other in an unusual way. At first Charlie didn't know about the Raymond but after finding out that he was left nothing in the will of his father after his death he went looking for who was left with the 3 million dollars and discovered his older brother. Another thing Charlie

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    Savant Syndrome Theory

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    considered savants. I decided to focus on savant syndrome in particular because Sheldon displays extraordinary abilities in theoretical physics and memory. According to Treffert (2013), savant syndrome is rare and is found in about 10% of those with autism. Males are six times more likely to exhibit savant syndrome than females. It is postulated that this is due to the right hemisphere compensating for the slow growth and development of the left hemisphere in the male fetus. Savant syndrome occurs in

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    Autistic Disorder: Savant syndrome The Hollywood film Rain Man is about the Autistic disorder Savant syndrome. In Rain Man, Raymond Babbitt (played by Dustin Hoffman) has Savant Syndrome and his brother Charlie Babbitt (played by Tom Cruise) finds out about Raymond being his brother and that he is good with numbers so Charlie decides to use his brother to make money. Over the course of the time that Charlie and Raymond are together, they become closer and Charlie is not just using Raymond

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    Essay on Autism And Savant Syndrome

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    Autism And Savant Syndrome A little boy quietly sits in front of a piano, with his fingers poised over the bright white keys. His teacher, seated beside him on the bench, plays a complicated series of chords, filling the air with a beautiful melody. After a single hearing, the boy begins to play, perfectly reproducing the song he has just heard. As the last notes fade away, the boy sits still for a moment and then begins to rock gently back and forth, only stopping once the music begins again

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    Autistic savant syndrome is a rare condition that affects one in ten people with autism. They have extraordinary skills that not a lot of people have. They are not able to perform simple tasks such as swallowing but can remember the day of a date thousands of years in the past or in the future which is know as calendar calculations. The first description of savant syndrome in a scientific paper dates back to 1783. It was describing the case of a person who could do calculations fast, Jedediah Buxton

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    Conclusion In conclusion, autism is developmental disorder, many people that are diagnosed with autism have also found to have savant syndrome. Savant syndrome is a condition characterised as having remarkable and outstanding abilities that general population are unable to achieve. Weak central coherence and executive dysfunction are two theories that attempt to explain the source of this phenomenon and provide answers. Weak central coherence theory is the inclination to access local information

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