SAVANT SYNDROME

What is Savant Syndrome?

Savant syndrome is a condition in which a person who demonstrates the capacity or ability incredibly deep and far beyond the ordinary. People who suffer savant syndrome may have neurodevelopmental disorders, particularly autism spectrum disorder, or brain injury. Among the most dramatic examples of savant syndrome occurs in individuals who scored very low on IQ tests, while demonstrating exceptional ability or excellence in specific areas, such as rapid calculation, art, memory, or the ability of music. Although called a syndrome, it is not recognized as a mental disorder or mental disorders as part of the medical manual.

Characteristic

There are no widely accepted cognitive theory explains the combination of scholars' talents and deficits. It has been suggested that individuals with autism tend to process and detail-focused cognitive style that affects individuals either with or without autism to Savant talents. Besides that, there are also exerting hypothesis that scholars hyper-systemize, with the impact of talent. Hyper-writing is an extreme state in empathizing-systemizing theory that classifies people according to their skills in empathizing with others than they are writing the truth about the outside world. Also, the attention to detail of scholars is a result of enhanced perceptual or sensory hypersensitivity in individuals unique. It has also been confirmed that some scholars continue to operate with low-level access, the less processed the information that exists in all human brains are not usually available to conscious awareness.