Acquired Savant Syndrome



And the only way to find out if you can unlock more is to suffer a severe head injury?

Sounds legit.
 
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Aituk7 said:
And the only way to find out if you can unlock more is to suffer a severe head injury?

Sounds legit.
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Happened to someone in the care home the sister in law works at.
No interaction at all until she had a fall and banged her head, they thought the worst but it unlocked her in a sense, like a new woman.
 
MonkeyLove said:
Fascinating this. They reckon we only use 5% of our brain. Is this proof we could all be a genius deep down?

www.news.com.au

The ‘superhuman’ ability born out of tragedy

IMAGINE if you woke up one day and could suddenly play an instrument flawlessly.
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The proposition that we only use a small percentage of our brain is a myth that has been thoroughly debunked by technologies like MRI.
 
We use 100% of our brain - just not all the time at the same time. The savant phenomenon proves that anyone could be a genius.
 
Sounds more like people with intelligence having a bit of a personality change and taking an interest in something they weren't bothered about previously.

I wouldn't call being a human spirograph particularly useful.

As for the bloke that can remember he went to a pizza place many years ago; so what, Prince Andrew can do that...
 

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