Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Savant Syndrome, Royal Dutch Football Association, Temporal Lobe

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

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Validity: test measures what it is supposed to. idiot was accepted category of intellectual impairment at the time. < 25: people with savant syndrome have i. qs much greater than 25. Excel in a narrow range of abilities: lightening-fast math calculations, music abilities, calendar calculations (ability to tell the day easter falls on for thousands of years, art, mechanical or spatial abilities. Other reports of ability in: time estimation, sensory discrimination, esp. All seem to be right hemispheric (drawing, art, music) All linked with phenomenal (but narrow) memory. Very rare syndrome - less than 100 reports of prodigious ability. Only 25 - 50 living savants - lower lifespan due to brain damage and other problems. 6 times more likely in males than in females. About half of al savants suffer from autism. If damage occurs while left is still developing (10th - 18th week) - neurons in left die.