Known as? Sage syndrome or “scientific syndrome” was first described in 1789, after Dr. Benjaron Rush discovered that one of his patients was able to calculate people’s age in seconds. Since then, the case has been studied insistently, but science has not been able to explain it.
This syndrome occurs when some people with mental illness or brain damage develop extraordinary abilities in one or more areas, which in many cases are activated after a brain injury.
- It is an extremely rare disease and.
- To date.
- Only 50 people have been officially diagnosed with it.
- A figure that.
- In any case.
- Ends up worrying.
- Especially when you consider that 50% of scientists are autistic.
The only thing that has been established so far is that these types of people develop their skills by using their brain hemispheres in a different way than an ordinary human being would do, it was also possible to identify areas where new skills manifest:
One of the best-known cases was that of Kim Peek, the person who inspired the making of the film “Rain Man?”Sibling meeting?. In real life, Peek was born with macrocephaly and permanent brain damage, yet he was able to memorize things in an incredible way, remembering 98% of the 12,000 books he had read.
He could also read two pages simultaneously, one with each eye, and it only took him 8 seconds to complete this task. However, was his IQ lower than that of a?Normal, and I could just fasten my shirt.
Richard Wawro had mental retardation and autism. Upon entering school, he began painting with great skill. One of his works, when he was only 12 years old, was classified as a masterpiece. Professor Mariah Bohusz-Szyszko described her painting as “amazing, with the precision of a mechanic and the vision of a poet. “He has organized more than 100 individual exhibitions and sold more than a thousand works worldwide.
Derek Amato had an accident that caused him to have a stroke, after recovering he discovered that he had acquired an unusual skill for music, everything seems to indicate that his brain has been reorganized in such a way that he has activated musical memory. that your sensory perception has been altered, allowing you to listen in a different way.
These are just a few examples that demonstrate the extraordinary power that surrounds the random and the human brain.