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Savant syndrome

Psychological disorder that turns people to a megasavant, with a serious mental disorder

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    The human camera.

    | Date: 2008
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    Fragments of genius : the strange feats of idiots savants / Michael J.A. Howe.

    Michael J. A. Howe | Date: 1989
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    The rainman twins.

    | Date: 2008
    • Books

    Islands of genius : the bountiful mind of the autistic, acquired, and sudden savant / Darold A. Treffert ; foreword by Daniel Tammet.

    Darold A. Treffert | Date: 2010

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Autistic Disorder

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