I don't usually ask questions for school, I'm just curious. Well, if you look up 'savant syndrome', you'll understand this bette
r. But, I'll give a run-down anyway. Savants are usually born with their condition. It is where the left side of the brain is malformed, or damaged in some way. Another common group is people with autism. This is called 'autistic savants'. Now, there is a way to acquire it after birth. If the left side of your brain gets damaged-from blunt head trauma or other- the right side will over-compensate, and you'll have savant-like abilities. Now, this isn't a guarantee, if you're going to hit your head like that, so put down that rock. Anyway, sorry for all that explaining. Now for my question: If acquired savant syndrome is a thing, can we do a 'controlled damaging' in someway? Because, if it's possible to make humans more efficient in some fields of skill like this, wouldn't it be possible to do it on purpose?
