Autistic savant

An autistic savant or idiot savant is a person with extraordinary mental abilities, often in numerical calculation, but sometimes in art or music. Savant skills are often associated with autism or mental retardation. Autistic savant - Abilities. A person with an extraordinary single mental skill but an otherwise unexceptional intellect, may be described simply as a savant, without qualifier, although savant is also frequently used figuratively to mean a person of learning, especially on ...

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A person with an extraordinary single mental skill but an otherwise unexceptional intellect, may be described simply as a savant, without qualifier, although savant is also frequently used figuratively to mean a person of learning, especially one of great knowledge in a particular subject, without regard to the person's overall intellect. True savantism is a rare phenomenon which occurs in some autistic people and some people with certain developmental disorders. Some people have acquired savant-like abilities after suff ...

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Photographic memory, eidetic memory, or total recall, is the ability to recall images, sounds, or objects in memory with great accuracy and in seemingly unlimited volume. It is said that many famous artists and composers, like Claude Monet and Mozart, possibly had eidetic memory. Eidetic memory - Controversy. Dr. Marvin Minsky, in his book The Society of Mind, claims to have been unable to verify claims of eidetic memory (see sections 15.3 & 15.6) and considers reports of eid ...

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Dr. Marvin Minsky, in his book The Society of Mind, claims to have been unable to verify claims of eidetic memory (see sections 15.3 & 15.6) and considers reports of eidetic memory to be an "unfounded myth". Support for the belief that eidetic memory could be a myth was supplied by the psychologist Adriaan de Groot, who conducted an experiment into the ability of chess Grandmasters to memorise complex positions of chess pieces on a chess board. Initially it was found that these experts could recall surprising amounts of inf ...

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Eidetic memory, Eidetic memory - Controversy, Eidetic memory - People Who Possess or May Have Possessed Eidetic Memory, Eidetic memory - Eidetic memory in fiction

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Dr. Marvin Minsky, in his book The Society of Mind, claims to have been unable to verify claims of eidetic memory (see sections 15.3 & 15.6) and considers reports of eidetic memory to be an "unfounded myth". Support for the belief that eidetic memory could be a myth was supplied by the psychologist Adriaan de Groot, who conducted an experiment into the ability of chess Grandmasters to memorise complex positions of chess pieces on a chess board. Initially it was found that these experts could recall surprising amounts of inf ...

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Eidetic memory, Eidetic memory - Controversy, Eidetic memory - Real People With Possible Eidetic Memory, Eidetic memory - Eidetic memory in fiction

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List of autism-related topics - Individuals on the autistic spectrum. Main articles: List of autistic people, and [[]], and [[]], and [[]]< ...

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