Prodigy and Savant Syndrome: Are they related?
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Darold Treffert
Darold Treffert, MD, a Wisconsin psychiatrist, has been studying Savant Syndrome for nearly 40 years. His book, Extraordinary People, was the first work to comprehensively summarize what is known about this fascinating condition, and to introduce the reader to a number of present day prodigious savants. Dr. Treffert was also a consultant to the movie Rain Man, in which Dustin Hoffman portrayed an autistic savant. [Bio from Dr. Treffert's site.]
By Darold Treffert
Published on 10/21/2006
Questions are raised continually as to what are the differences in
brain mechanisms, if any, between (a) prodigies with certain musical or
mathematical skills, for example; (b) persons with savant syndrome with
similar skills and abilities and (c) the rest of us who function quite
normally overall but lack some spectacular area of expertise.