The mission of the Wisconsin Medical Society Foundation is to advance the health of the people of Wisconsin by supporting medical and health education. The individuals and organizations named below made contri ...

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By Darold Treffert, MD The savant web site continues to bring to attention savants from around the world. ... of the remarkable progress of this now 13-year-old musical savant. It can be accessed at ...

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Savant Articles Below you will find links to articles on many specific aspects of Savant Syndrome. The Case of the "Sudden" Savant Dr J. Landon Down and "Developmental" Disorders ...

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... that eventually evolved into that splendid movie, making 'savant' a household term. Kim Peek at the Wisconsin Medical ... portrayed so admirably by Dustin Hoffman, is a composite savant with abilities drawn from a number of different real life individuals. ...

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... exhibits many of the remarkable traits of the autistic savant; he speaks many languages, is an incredible mimic, and is able to recall ... visited the Windows of Genius: Artwork of the Prodigious Savant in September 2007. You can read more about his very interesting year, ...

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... the piano as part of a 60 Minutes program in 1983 on savant syndrome. Dustin Hoffman watched the program and was "moved to tears" by ... Hoffman reported, "I thought, I love him. I want to play a savant." And he did. Savant became a household word. The story ...

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The Savant Syndrome Web site reaches around the globe. Each day e-mails come ... science newsletters, as well as have a Google Alert for "savant syndrome" postings. From all of those I distill items that I think would ... is quite amazing to see how often now, Google Alerts bring savant syndrome items to my attention—almost daily, and some days several ...

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... perhaps denoting a sub-group of the disorder. Savant skills, while not universally present in Asperger's persons, are very ...

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... on that Children’s Unit, in 1955, that I met my first savant, a condition that I have continued to follow and research to the present ... Since approximately 50% of savants are autistic, and since savant abilities occur in as many as 10% of autistic persons, I have followed ...

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... Progress It is 157 years since the first case of savant syndrome appeared in a scientific journal in Germany, and it is 121 years since Dr. J. Langdon Down first described savant syndrome as a distinct condition. There has been much ...

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