Browsing: Frequently Asked Questions Associated with Savant Syndrome

Savant syndrome is a rare, but extraordinary, condition in which persons with serious mental disabilities, including autistic disorder, have some…

Savants have behaviors such as obsessive preoccupation with, and memorization of, music and sports trivia, license plate numbers, maps, historical…

Savant skills, while not universally present in Asperger's persons, are very common, and generally include prodigious memory. When they do…

In acquired savant syndrome astonishing new abilities, typically in music, art, or mathematics, appear unexpectedly in ordinary persons after a…