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Savant Syndrome is a cognitive disability that falls on the autism spectrum or Savant Syndrome is a condition in which a person demonstrates capacities or abilities that are not otherwise seen in normal individuals. Moreover, the person suffering from Savant Syndrome lack social logical functioning. However, they have particular aptitudes in creative areas. memorizing data and music skills are most of the common talents in Savants. Savants have chemical imbalances that produce genetic code which cause the left hemisphere of the brain to deteriorate since logical reasoning and communication happen from this side of the brain. A person with Savant Syndrome lacks abilities of logical decision making and face a lot of problems while socializing with people. Moreover, they also face a problem in understanding people.

What is Savant Syndrome?

A few scientists guess that savant Syndrome is brought about by the alteration in genes and others trust that it is brought about by some sort of harm to one side of the cerebrum which results in savant Syndrome. The deterioration of left hemisphere causes the right hemisphere to compensate for the damage. The right hemisphere contains the creative and expressive center of the cerebral cortex. Thus musical and artistic abilities are exaggerated in savants.

Causes of Savant Syndrome

A few specialists theorize that it is brought about by alteration in gene, and others trust that it is brought about by some sort of harm to one side of the mind with remuneration for this damage happening in the correct side of the mind. Causes behind these disorders are not yet exactly known or clear. There is need to research more on this disease and find out the causes of such diseases.

Effects of Savant Syndrome

However this disease is not a curse to humans, individuals with this intellectual disorder have a remarkable ability or expertise in a specific zone, for example, the capacity to process numerical computations at incredible rate.

Real life example of Savant Syndrome

Now lets us talk about one of Savant named Kim Peek.

By the age of two, Kim Peek was able to remember tremendous measures of data. He likewise had a bizarre capacity to read books at an inconceivable speed. Kim Peek could complete most books in less than an hour while recollecting nearly everything that he had read. He was able to achieve this speed because he used to read both sides of the books with both of his eyes and could even remember them even after reading it only once. This transformed Kim Peek into a mobile reference book. He could give directions to navigators after peeping into map for once. This is really n extra special abilities. Kim was lucky enough to acquire this ability. Kim peek would often sometimes approach outsiders and stun them by disclosing his special abilities. His story was also portrayed in the Hollywood movie named Rain man.

Savant Syndrome excessively affects males, with around five male per one female, and the disorder, for the most part, happens in individuals with IQs somewhere in the range of 40 and 70.

There is no way to prevent this disease. The scientists are working to find out the exact cause of this Syndrome.

There are many more people who are affected by this Syndrome namely
Leslie Lemke, Alonzo Clemons, Jedediah Buxton.

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