Savant syndrome (/ˈsævənt, sæˈvɑːnt/ SAV-ənt, sə-VAHNT, US also /səˈvɑːnt/ sav-AHNT) is a phenomenon where someone demonstrates exceptional aptitude in...
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Jason Padgett (category Acquired savants)
Jason D. Padgett is an American artist diagnosed with alleged acquired savant syndrome. He was born in 1970 in Anchorage, Alaska. As a young man, he dropped...
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Exceptional memory (section Savants)
memory is also prevalent in those with savant syndrome and mnemonists. Hyperthymesia, or hyperthymesitic syndrome, is superior autobiographical memory,...
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Asperger syndrome (AS), also known as Asperger's syndrome or Asperger's, was a diagnosis used to describe a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by...
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Patrick Fagerberg (category Acquired savants)
case of Savant syndrome, in which people acquire savant-like skills in art, music and/or mathematics due to a brain injury. Fagerberg's savant case is...
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Capgras delusion (redirect from Capgras syndrome)
Capgras delusion or Capgras syndrome is a psychiatric disorder in which a person holds a delusion that a friend, spouse, parent, other close family member...
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Look up Savant or savant in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A savant is someone with savant syndrome. Savant may also refer to: Côte de Savant, the Chablis...
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Multilingualism (section Hyperpolyglots and savants)
for languages. Savant syndrome is almost always associated with an increased memory capacity of some sort, which can, for certain savants, aid in storing...
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Daniel Tammet (category Autistic savants)
English writer and savant. His memoir, Born on a Blue Day (2006), is about his early life with Asperger syndrome and savant syndrome, and was named a "Best...
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Societal and cultural aspects of autism (redirect from Asperger syndrome and interpersonal relationships)
autistic savant is an autistic person with extreme talent in one or more areas of study. Although there is a common association between savant syndrome and...
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English actor Freddie Highmore. An autistic surgical resident with savant syndrome at the fictional San Jose St. Bonaventure Hospital, Murphy develops...
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who specialized in the epidemiology of autism spectrum disorders and savant syndrome. He lived in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. He was on the staff at Agnesian...
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Autism (redirect from Autism and Aspergers Syndrome)
reproduction, which in exceptional cases are considered a part of the savant syndrome. One study describes how some autistic people show superior skills...
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accurate portrayal of what an individual with savant syndrome might act like. His mimicry of Peek's savant syndrome was deemed a poor fit for the character...
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Factitious disorder imposed on another (redirect from Munchausen's syndrome by proxy)
illness by carers (FII) and first named as Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MSbP) after Munchausen syndrome, is a mental health disorder in which a caregiver...
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autistic savant is not always appropriate for all savant cases. Only half of individuals with savant syndrome are autistic. The other half of the savant population...
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Body dysmorphic disorder (redirect from Body dysmorphic syndrome)
Autism spectrum Autism Asperger syndrome High-functioning autism PDD-NOS Savant syndrome Dementia AIDS dementia complex Alzheimer's disease Creutzfeldt–Jakob...
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Intermittent explosive disorder (redirect from Episodic dyscontrol syndrome)
Intermittent explosive disorder (IED) or Episodic dyscontrol syndrome (EDS) is a mental and behavioral disorder characterized by explosive outbursts of...
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refers to a label historically directed toward autistic people with savant syndrome. Four contestants competed through an entire week of shows (Monday...
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Kim Peek (category Savants)
investigate Kim's savant abilities. A 2008 study concluded that Peek probably had FG syndrome, a rare X chromosome-linked genetic syndrome that causes physical...
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Factitious disorder imposed on self (redirect from Munchausen's syndrome)
Factitious disorder imposed on self, also known as Munchausen syndrome, is a factitious disorder in which those affected feign or induce disease, illness...
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experiment by the Rising Peace Academy to develop orphaned children with savant syndrome into human weapons. They befriend Lisa, a lonely high school girl,...
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Seizures Brain tumor Post-concussion syndrome Metabolic abnormalities Migraines Vertigo Meniere's disease Visual snow syndrome Panic attack Phobias Post-traumatic...
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Klüver–Bucy syndrome is a syndrome resulting from lesions of the medial temporal lobe, particularly Brodmann area 38, causing compulsive eating, hypersexuality...
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Somatic symptom disorder (redirect from Briquet syndrome)
Somatic symptom disorder is frequently associated with functional pain syndromes like fibromyalgia and IBS. Somatic symptom disorder typically leads to...
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Classic autism (redirect from Kanner's syndrome)
1023/A:1005596502855. PMID 11055459. S2CID 16706630. Treffert DA (May 2009). "The savant syndrome: an extraordinary condition. A synopsis: past, present, future". Philosophical...
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Rumination syndrome, or merycism, is a chronic motility disorder characterized by effortless regurgitation of most meals following consumption, due to...
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Sandifer syndrome Sanfilippo syndrome Sanjad-Sakati syndrome SAPHO syndrome Satoyoshi syndrome Savant syndrome Say syndrome Say–Meyer syndrome Scalp–ear–nipple...
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decreased state of consciousness. The syndrome has also been called nonsense syndrome, balderdash syndrome, syndrome of approximate answers, hysterical pseudodementia...
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Late talker (redirect from Einstein syndrome)
3 years old. This is only the case for 5–8% of preschool children. Savant syndrome Nonverbal autism Language delay § Consequences of language delay Camarata...
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