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Extraordinary people : understanding savant syndrome / Darold A. Treffert.

Title
Extraordinary people : understanding savant syndrome / Darold A. Treffert.
Author
Treffert, Darold A.
Publication
Lincoln, Neb. : iUniverse, c2006.

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xi, 421 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
Summary
"For the first time in Extraordinary People, the psychiatrist who was a consultant to the movie Rain Man, collects the most fascinating cases of Savant Syndrome both in history and modern times. Dr. Treffert documents the spectacular abilities--the islands of genius--in these remarkable persons, and describes as well the love, determination and dedication of their equally remarkable families, teachers and caretakers. He shares the observations of the far-reaching implications this astonishing condition has for understanding brain function and hidden potential in all of us."--Back cover.
Subject
  • Savant syndrome > Case studies
  • Savants (Savant syndrome) > Case studies
  • Autistic Disorder [MESH]
Genre/Form
  • Case studies
  • Case studies.
Note
  • Includes index.
  • "An Authors Guild Backinprint.com edition."
  • Originally published: New York : Ballantine Books 1989.
  • Includes epilogue, with new research findings and advances and a section addressing frequently asked questions.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 332-342.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Savant syndrome: defining the condition -- One. Genius among us -- 1. The genius of Earlswood Asylum and other early savants -- 2. Music: language for an endless infancy -- 3. If this is June 6th, it must be Friday: the calendar calculators -- 4. The brilliant and the backward: the lightning calculators -- 5. "An exaltation of memory": The mnemonists -- 6. The cats' Raphael and other "Rara Avis" -- 7. From Mr. A to Mr. Z: other savant skills -- Two. Portraits. 8. Leslie -- 9. Ellen -- 10. Alonzo -- Three. Genius within us. 11. Explaining the inexplicable -- 12. "Great vigor of memory" -- in the savant and in the rest of us -- 13. New savants and new findings -- 14. How do they do it? -- 15. And what of the future? -- 16. A smoother pebble -- 17. Rain man, the movie/Rain man, real life.
ISBN
  • 059509239X :
  • 9780595092390 :
OCLC
  • 128091715
  • SCSB-11705814
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library