What is acquired savant syndrome? Acquired savant syndrome occurs when the brain responds to trauma. The syndrome refers to the new skills or abilities that emerge in a previously “normal” person, ...

They called her Moses. Harriet Tubman, born into slavery in Maryland in 1822 as Araminta "Minty" Ross, had such odds-defying success as a conductor on the Underground Railroad that she earned the ...

Acquired savant syndrome is extremely rare: 32 cases were identified as of a 2015 report. Current estimates are slightly higher—and cases surely exist that haven’t been captured in the literature. As ...

Most of us have wished we might suddenly wake up richer, taller, thinner or better-looking at some point. But Jason Padgett really did wake up a changed man. Previously a school drop-out who worked in ...