What are idiot savants?
a person who has significant mental injury but has extraordinary skills
What type of skills?
gifted in music
Anything else?
mathematics
And?
having a photographic memory
Who wrote about a human that could calculate fast?
Dr. Benjamin Rush
What was his profession?
doctor
Where was he from?
America
What year did he write about this person?
1789
What was his patient's name?
Thomas Fuller
Was he a free man?
no
Was he literate?
no
Who became famous as a pianist?
Blind Tom
How many words did he know?
100
How many music pieces could he play?
5,000
What actor played Rain Man?
Dustin Hoffman
What was his amazing skill?
he performed complex calculations very rapidly
Does all brain injury leads to savant skills?
no
Do many people wish to participate in experiments to determine idiot savant?
No
Does the author like the term idiot savant?
no
Why not?
savants have a high degree of intelligence and are thus not idiots