From: Clint O'Dell (clintodell@hotmail.com)
Date: Thu Oct 07 1999 - 19:59:08 MDT
I have an idea why Savants exist.
http://www.newscientist.co.uk/ns/19991009/tuneinturn.html
I agree with the counter argument that it's practice that allows these
people to do what they do. Their brains are wired to consintrate in one
particular area. Normal people usely are interested in all types of
different things. But Autistics only use one part of their brain to solve
problems, and that would explain their inability to do anything else. For
example: The person who knows what day it will be on any given date can do
this because he/she noticed a pattern at some moment in his/her life and got
stuck there. Their brain is stuck in some sort of feed back loop.
Normal brain
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Autistic brain
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