A living contradiction(chaptor 9)

Definition

1. savant syndrome: describing individuals with a developmental disorder and one or more areas of expertise, ability or brilliance. An autistic savant describes
2. autistic savant : an autistic person who has savant syndrome
3. autism : a brain development disorder that impairs social interaction and communication, and causes restricted and repetitive behavior, all starting before a child is three years old.
4. genius : ━ noun (geniuses or in sense 5 genii 《/dniai/》)
1 someone who has outstanding creative or intellectual ability.
2 such ability.
3 a person who exerts a powerful influence on another (whether good or bad).
4 Roman mythol a guardian spirit.
5 formal a quality or attitude with which something (eg a country or a period of time) is identified or typically associated
5. musical improvisation : the spontaneous creative process of making music while it is being performed.
6. rote memory: the ability to learn certain information as a habit pattern. The child who has problems in this area is unable to recall with ease those responses which should have been automatic, such as the alphabet, the number system, multiplication tables, spelling rules, grammatical rules, etc.

* expression
- He did not seem to have much of a chance
:(as pronoun) a great deal; anything of significance or value
¶ Can you see much?
¶ My belongings don’t amount to much.
- After hearing a tune, he can imitate it almost perfectly the firt time he plays it.
- In addition to the piano, Tony plays the organ, guitar, violin, banjo, recorder, and harmonica-14 instruments in all.
- How can this be?
- How can such a severely challenged person be so musically talented?
- Dr. Treffert points out that Tony's ability to improvise is a giant step beyond rote memory
- psychiatry may reach a new understanding of "savant syndrome"