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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Treffert, Darold A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Savant syndrome.

Savants (Savant syndrome).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (330 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Philadelphia : J. Kingsley, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this fascinating book, Dr. Treffert looks at what we know about savant syndrome, and at new discoveries that raise interesting questions about the hidden brain potential within us all. He looks both at how savant skills can be nurtured, and how they can help the person who has them, particularly if that person is on the autism spectrum.

Contents:

FRONT COVER; Islands of GENIUS: The Bountiful Mind of the Autistic, Acquired, and Sudden Savant; Contents; Foreword by Daniel Tammet; Preface; Introduction: Sightseeing on an Incredible Journey; Part 1 The Mind of the Savant; 1 What We Do Know: A Rare but Remarkable Condition; 2 How Do They Do It? Some Earlier Theories from Heredity to Quantum Theory; 3 How Do They Do It? More Recent Findings: The Three "R's"-Rewiring, Recruitment, Release; 4 Genetic Memory: How Do We Know Things We Never Learned?; 5 More Medical Mysteries: Calendars, Cantors, Foreign Accents and Hypermnesia

Part 2 The World of the Savant 6 The Genius of Earlswood Asylum and Blind Tom: Some Early Savants; 7 Leslie and May: "Two Memorable People" with a contribution by Shirlee Monty, author of May's Boys; 8 Alonzo: "God Gives the Gift"; 9 George: "It's Fantastic I Can Do That!"; 10 Kim: "The Real Rain Man"; 11 Ellen: "With a Song In Her Heart"; 12 Tony: "Against All Odds"-Magna Cum Laude from Berklee; 13 Temple: "An Emergence Extraordinaire"; 14 Matt: "The Key of Genius"; 15 Flo and Kay: An Unforgettable "Two of a Kind"; 16 Daniel: "Numbers Are my Friends"; 17 Stephen: "A Rocket of Young Talent"

18 Ping Lian, Gregory, Richard, George, Jonathan and Some Others: Artwork of the Prodigious Savant 19 Raymond Babbitt in Rain Man: The World's Best Known Savant; Part 3 Significant New Dimensions to Savant Syndrome; 20 "Accidental Genius": The Acquired Savant; 21 "Sudden Genius": An Epiphany of Talent; 22 "Normal Genius": Dormant Skills Within Us All?; 23 Accessing the "Inner Savant" Within Us Al; 24 The Bountiful Brain: Half a Brain (or Less) May Be Enough; Part 4 Training the Talent: "I've Gota Son or Daughter Who..."; 25 Teaching Music to the Special Needs Client: A Music Therapist's Approach

26 "Training the Talent" in Art and Other Skills: An Educator's Approach 27 Teaching Autistic Numerical Savants: A Specific Approach that Worked; Part 5 Our Journey Has Just Begun; 28 New Tools and New Optimism: The Trail Ahead for the Mind of the Savant; 29 Oval Souls on a Round Planet: The Trail Ahead for the World of the Savant; References; Appendix: Books About Savant Syndrome and Books By or About Specific Savants; Subject Index; Author Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-296) and indexes.

ISBN:

9786613363824

1-283-36382-8

0-85700-318-6

OCLC:

699506917