What are the symptoms of Savant Syndrome?

General Mental Function

* Mental retardation in variable degrees

* Extreme unevenness of mental abilities: deficits in adaptive behaviors and social intelligence, often juxtaposed with superior abilities

Savant Skills:

* Most common savant skills: calculating calendar dates, complex mathematical calculations, music, drawing/art,

cartography, mechanical/spatial tasks

* Other skills also seen: rote memory, reciting extensive information from sources such as phonebooks, reciting historical

facts/dates, or listing sports statistics.