Synaesthesia to Savant – Sensationalism or Sensible. Unusual Outcomes Brain Injury
Flickr Image by Theophilos Papadopoulos It seems the unusual outcomes of damage to the brain receive a good deal of attention in media coverage. Unusual outcomes of brain injury such as a person developing artistic talents or becoming a genius at mathematics, seem to grab headlines more than day to day life for people living with brain injury. Mostly these outcomes are rare. Can this media coverage be helpful? Before I go on -if you have not seen articles about people living with unusual outcomes - here are a couple of examples : This article “Stroke of Genius: 10 Abilities Borne of Brain Damage” describes 10 people who developed a significant new ability after brain injury And here “10 Fascinating People With Savant Syndrome” You might notice some of the people in each article are the same I found this quite common. And still more. This article with illustrations “6 People Who Gained Amazing Skills From Brain Injuries” I began collecting such…