A boy in Milwaukee are able to memorize the bus schedule and mention where the buses are located throughout the day. There are also children who may develop a complex puzzle without hesitation even though the piece upside down. Another child can describe the events that happened on a particular day.

These miracles made Dr. Darold Treffert a clinical professor at the University of Wisconsin Medical School continued to find out how human brains are capable of producing remarkable achievement as he had witnessed in place worked for 44 years.

Treffert realize that these children have abnormalities savant syndrome (SIDS undergraduate or the ability of people who are educated). From here he began his quest to understand how people who severe mental disabilities can sometimes indicate what he called "the island of genius."

Savant syndrome, or sometimes abbreviated savantism not a recognized medical diagnosis. Until now still not known what caused the savant syndrome. Although this syndrome is almost similar to autism.

But Treffert describes it as a rare condition in which people with developmental disorders including autism disorders have one or more areas of expertise, ability or brilliance that contrast with most normal people.

In a journal entitled "Savant Syndrome: An Extraordinary Condition 'Treffert written there are some things that can be known about the miracle child savant syndrome:

1. Some people with autism show savant abilities. Approximately half of the people with savant syndrome have autistic disorder, while the other half again disabilities, mental retardation, brain damage or disease. But not all people with autism have savant syndrome, and not all of savant syndrome are autistic.
2. The number of people with autism and savant syndrome, more men. Normally, first the left brain than right brain develops. But according to one study, the male fetuses that are circulating testosterone with a very high level so that it can slow the growth and function of nerve damage is more likely occur in the left brain. This is what is causing the number of male patients savant syndrome more than women.
3. People with savant syndrome have an interesting special skills.Brilliance Treffert savant syndrome group in 5 general categories, namely music skills, art, calendar calculating, mathematics, and mechanical or spatial skills.
4. People with savant syndrome have a memory remarkable.
5. Savant syndrome can be innate or acquired due to brain injury or disease that occurs in infancy, childhood or adulthood.
6. Skills possessed savant syndrome usually do not get lost and if you continue to use trained and will continue to increase.

Until now there has been no theory that can explain the savant syndrome for sure. "I have come to a conclusion that if we can explain the savant syndrome, then we will not be able to explain ourselves," he said as quoted Treffert CNN.

World figures who have savant syndrome, among others, Matt Savage a jazz pianist. There is also Stephen Wiltshire and George Widener two extraordinary savant.