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What rare condition does the person in the text have?
What is the birth date of the person described in the text?
What is the actor's name who portrayed a character with a similar condition in the 1988 film Rain Man?
What is the person's morning breakfast routine?
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What helps the person to become calm when stressed and unable to breathe properly?
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What type of calculation is the author's favorite?
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How does the author visualize the results of power multiplication?
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What does the author see in their mind when dividing one number by another?
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What enables the author to calculate sums to almost a hundred decimal places without writing anything down?
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What does the author experience for certain numbers, creating their own visual, numerical vocabulary?
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What is a common ability among savants, including the author?
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What is a distinguishing characteristic of people with Asperger's syndrome, including the author?
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What is a notable feature of the author's perception of prime numbers?
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What is the gender distribution among autistics and those diagnosed with Asperger's, according to the text?
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How is the diagnosis of autism, including Asperger's, typically made?
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Study Notes
Synesthesia, Savant Syndrome, and Asperger's
- The author experiences numbers as visually beautiful and feels discomfort when they don't match their synesthetic experiences.
- The author has savant syndrome and is on the autistic spectrum with Asperger's syndrome, a relatively mild form of autism.
- Asperger's syndrome affects around 1 in every 300 people in the United Kingdom, with nearly half of adults not diagnosed until after age 16.
- Diagnosis of autism, including Asperger's, is based on behavioral observation and developmental history rather than blood tests or brain scans.
- People with Asperger's often have good language skills and above-average IQs, with a strong drive to analyze detail and identify rules and patterns.
- Asperger's affects more men than women, around 80% of autistics and 90% of those diagnosed with Asperger's are men.
- The author experiences numbers as their first language, using them to understand emotions and people, and find comfort in unfamiliar situations by counting.
- Calendrical calculation, the ability to tell what day of the week a particular date falls on, is common among savants, including the author.
- Severely autistic twins, John and Michael, were capable of calculating the day of the week for any date over a 40,000-year span, demonstrating the extent of some savants' abilities.
- The author is fascinated by prime numbers and experiences a rush of feeling when identifying a number as prime, seeing them as distinct and beautiful shapes.
- The author imagines the first thirty, fifty, or hundred numbers spatially and synesthetically, finding beauty and distinctiveness in prime numbers.
- The author's fascination with prime numbers is due to their unique, distinct nature, which stands out sharply from other number shapes.
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Description
Explore the fascinating world of synesthesia, savant syndrome, and Asperger's in this quiz. Discover the unique experiences of individuals who perceive numbers as visually beautiful, possess exceptional calendrical calculation abilities, and find comfort in patterns and rules. Learn about the characteristics of Asperger's syndrome, its diagnosis, and its impact on language skills and IQ. Delve into the remarkable abilities of savants and their profound connection to prime numbers.
