savant

Poltergeists, spiritual and psychical experiences—are these phenomena related to autism?

How would you react if your young child gave you a sudden and startlingly lucid, well-composed lecture on the nature of truth?

People known as “acquired savants” have spectacular abilities that emerge suddenly, usually after a brain injury. In these cases—as well as in the case of child prodigies—the individual “knows things they never learned” (the memorable phrase of savant syndrome expert Dr. Darold Treffert).

Poltergeists, spiritual and psychical experiences—are these phenomena related to autism?

How would you react if your young child gave you a sudden and startlingly lucid, well-composed lecture on the nature of truth?

People known as “acquired savants” have spectacular abilities that emerge suddenly, usually after a brain injury. In these cases—as well as in the case of child prodigies—the individual “knows things they never learned” (the memorable phrase of savant syndrome expert Dr. Darold Treffert).