Treffert Darold A, Treffert Darold A
Treffert Center, Agnesian HealthCare, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.
WMJ. 2021 Apr;120(1):69-73.
Savant Syndrome previously has been characterized as either congenital or acquired. This report describes sudden savant syndrome in which neurotypical persons have the sudden emergence of savant skills without underlying disability or brain injury and without prior interest or ability in the newly emerged skill areas.
Eleven cases are described in which savant abilities suddenly and unexpectedly surfaced in neurotypical persons with no special prior interest or ability in the new skills, accompanied by an obsessive interest with and compulsive need to display the new abilities. All participants completed an online survey to record their demographics and skill characteristics.
The acquired savant, and now the sudden savant, raise questions about the dormant potential for such buried skills in everyone. The challenge is to be able to tap such latent abilities without head injury or other precipitating events.
This paper documents 11 cases of sudden savant syndrome, which is a new and additional form of savant abilities surfacing in neurotypical persons without developmental disabilities (such as autism) or head or other brain injury (acquired savant syndrome). It opens new paths of inquiry for exploration of extraordinary abilities perhaps within everyone.
学者综合征以往被描述为先天性或后天性的。本报告描述了突发性学者综合征，即神经典型个体在没有潜在残疾或脑损伤、且在新出现的技能领域此前没有兴趣或能力的情况下，突然出现学者技能。
本文描述了11个病例，其中神经典型个体突然意外地展现出学者能力，他们在这些新技能方面此前没有特别的兴趣或能力，同时伴有对展示新能力的强迫性兴趣和需求。所有参与者都完成了一项在线调查，以记录他们的人口统计学信息和技能特征。
后天性学者综合征以及现在的突发性学者综合征，引发了关于每个人身上这种潜藏技能的潜在可能性的问题。挑战在于如何在没有头部受伤或其他诱发事件的情况下挖掘这种潜在能力。
本文记录了11例突发性学者综合征病例，这是一种新的、额外的学者能力形式，出现在没有发育障碍（如自闭症）或头部或其他脑损伤（后天性学者综合征）的神经典型个体中。它为探索或许存在于每个人身上的非凡能力开辟了新的研究途径。
