Savant syndrome (/ˈsævənt, sæˈvɑːnt/ SAV-ənt, sə-VAHNT, US also /səˈvɑːnt/ sav-AHNT) is a phenomenon where someone demonstrates exceptional aptitude in...

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...

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...

Asperger syndrome (AS), also known as Asperger's syndrome or Asperger's, is a diagnosis used between the 1990s and the 2010s to describe a neurodevelopmental...

for languages. Savant syndrome is almost always associated with an increased memory capacity of some sort, which can, for certain savants, aid in storing...

memory is also prevalent in those with savant syndrome and mnemonists. Hyperthymesia, or hyperthymesitic syndrome, is superior autobiographical memory,...

English actor Freddie Highmore. An autistic surgical resident with savant syndrome at the fictional San Jose St. Bonaventure Hospital, Murphy develops...

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...

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...

Factitious disorder imposed on self, also known as Munchausen syndrome, is a factitious disorder in which those affected feign or induce disease, illness...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

reproduction, which in exceptional cases are considered a part of the savant syndrome. One study describes how some autistic people show superior skills...

Somatic symptom disorder is frequently associated with functional pain syndromes like fibromyalgia and IBS. Somatic symptom disorder typically leads to...

dyscontrol syndrome. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 170: 680–7. McTague, A.; Appleton, R. (1 June 2010). "Episodic dyscontrol syndrome". Archives...

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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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...

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...

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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decreased state of consciousness. The syndrome has also been called nonsense syndrome, balderdash syndrome, syndrome of approximate answers, hysterical pseudodementia...

Paruresis, also known as shy bladder syndrome, is a type of phobia in which a person is unable to urinate in the real or imaginary presence of others,...

Klüver–Bucy syndrome is a syndrome resulting from lesions of the medial temporal lobe, particularly Brodmann area 38, causing compulsive eating, hypersexuality...

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...

to artificially low recognition of the diagnosis. However, false memory syndrome per se is not regarded by mental health experts as a valid diagnosis, and...

Gerstmann syndrome is a neurological disorder that is characterized by a constellation of symptoms that suggests the presence of a lesion usually near...