Islands of genius

Article Abstract:

Artistic brilliance and a dazzling memory are sometimes accompanied by autism and other development disorders. Examples about well-known people who are extremely good at some kind of activity but are developmentally disabled are presented.

Memory, Disorders of, Memory disorders, Nervous system diseases

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The early origins of autism

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Research on autism indicates that it is linked to variants of several genes and that it also has an environmental component. Studies of thalidomide-induced autism and of the brain regions involved in autism are discussed.

United States, Complications and side effects, Genetic disorders, Thalidomide (Medication)

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Music and the Brain: what is the secret of music's strange power? Seeking an answer, scientists are piecing together a picture of what happens in the brains of listeners and musicians

Article Abstract:

Research indicates that music produces a physical reaction in humans, stimulating the same areas of the brain that react to sex, food, and addictive substances, and that produce emotional response.

Entertainers & entertainment groups, Other Performing Arts Companies, Musical Arts, Psychological aspects, Physiological aspects, Music, Auditory perception

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