savant syndrome

is not a disease or disorder in and of itself. It is a collection of characteristics, or symptoms, or behaviors that have grafted on to the underlying disability.

Savant syndrome is not a disorder in the same way as autism is a disorder or dementia is a disorder. Savant syndrome are some conditions that are superimposed and grafted on to some underlying disability. So savant syndrome is not a disease or disorder in and of itself. It is a collection of characteristics, or symptoms, or behaviors that have grafted on to the underlying disability.

is not a disorder in the same way as autism is a disorder or dementia is a disorder, rather it is conditions that are superimposed and grafted on to some underlying disability.

is not a disorder of brain structure, rather a disorder of brain function.

Savant syndrome and autism, I think, are not disorders of brain structure, but they're disorders of brain function.

is a kind of spatial map-memory and calculation that are in fact quite similar to some of the skills that animals have.

There is a small segment of people with autism that have savant skills, where they can memorize entire maps of whole entire city. They can do calendar calculations. And this is similar to some of the skills that animals have.

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savant syndrome