Extraordinary People: Understanding

From Publishers Weekly A psychiatrist and director of a mental health center in Wisconsin, Treffert, in this compelling report, analyzes the "Savant Syndrome." Now considered pejorative, the scientific term "idiot savant" has been changed to "savant," and describes a mentally or otherwise handicapped person whose genius in a particular field is inexplicable. The Savant syndrome is so rare that only 200 cases have been documented in this country.