Savant syndrome
Savant syndrome — a rare status at which persons with a deviation in development (including autistic character) have "the island of genius" — the outstanding capabilities in one or several knowledge domains contrasting with the general limitation of the personality.
Main article: Brain of the person
After brain injuries the small percent of people can really receive unusual capabilities. As a rule, savant have surprising mathematical capabilities or, for example, can draw the whole city in amazing parts.
The case which happened to Orlando Serrell who in 1979, being at elementary school got injured on a brain during the baseball game is so described. Within the next year Serrell began to feel headaches which lasted till several hours.
However by the end of the year he detected in himself surprising calendar capabilities, for example, calling everything Mondays in 1980. Besides he remembered all parts of every day as it occurs at a gipertimeziya – exclusive autobiographical memory.
Though many people can envy such capabilities, savant purchase such capabilities thanks to the fact that their brain perceives everything literally and sees parts on which we do not pay attention. That is why it is difficult to much of them to take examinations at school where ask wider questions.
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