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Savant Syndrome

Report on Savant Syndrome and the extraordinary mental abilities that savants tend to have. A programme about a form of autism which is accompanied by the ability to resolve complex mathematical problems, and in other cases a photographic memory with extreme attention to detail.

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This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project

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A pair of scientific sleuths answer your perplexing questions. Ask them anything!

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