Accidental Genius | Darold Treffert | TEDxFondduLac | Darold Treffert | TEDxFondduLac
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- Darold Treffert, MD, graduated from the University of Wisconsin Medical School in 1958, interned in Eugene, Oregon and completed a Residency in Psychiatry at University Hospitals in Madison, Wisconsin. In 1962 he joined the staff of Winnebago Mental Health Institute where he developed the Child-Adolescent Unit. In 1964 he was named Superintendent of the Institute, a position he held for 15 years. In 1979 he left that position to divide his time between the private practice of Psychiatry and a position as Executive Director of the Fond du Lac County Health Care Center. During that time he was also Medical Director of the Alcoholism Rehabilitation Unit of St. Agnes Hospital in Fond du Lac. In 1991 he retired from those positions and now devotes his time to conducting research, writing and lecturing at the Treffert Center.
His book Extraordinary People: Understanding Savant Syndrome has been published in the U.S. and has been translated into ten other languages. His most recent book Islands of Genius: The Bountiful Mind of the Autistic, Acquired and Sudden Savant was published in April 2010; it summarizes his 50 years of interest and research in both autism and savant syndrome. Dr. Treffert was a consultant to the movie “Rain Man”, in which Dustin Hoffman portrays an autistic savant.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx. Darold Treffert, MD, graduated from the University of Wisconsin Medical School in 1958, interned in Eugene, Oregon and completed a Residency in Psychiatry at University Hospitals in Madison, Wisconsin. In 1991 he retired from various positions and now devotes his time to conducting research, writing and lecturing at the Treffert Center.
His book Extraordinary People: Understanding Savant Syndrome has been published in the U.S. and has been translated into ten other languages. His most recent book Islands of Genius: The Bountiful Mind of the Autistic, Acquired and Sudden Savant was published in April 2010; it summarizes his 50 years of interest and research in both autism and savant syndrome. Dr. Treffert was a consultant to the movie “Rain Man”, in which Dustin Hoffman portrays an autistic savant. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
RIP Dr. Treffert. You were truly amazing!
My heart broke on December 14, 2020.
I cried.
This man seems very compassionate along with his other gifts..............truly comforting....
This talk is severely underrated. I was hanging off every single word.
this video somehow reignited my childhood passion of becoming a researcher.
bardzo dziękuję profesorowi za pomoc , byl juz bardzo ciezko chory gdy ostatni raz korespondowaliśmy w 2018 roku , mimo to odpisal mi i wyjaśnil co się ze mną dzieje, mimo tak wspanialej kariery poświęcil mi czas, on wiedzial co się dzieje w moim mózgu. dziękuję mu za wszystko zawsze bede o nim pamiętac jak o wszystkich dobrych ludziach w moim zyciu. moje najszczersze kondolencje. wspanialy czlowiek .💚💚💚💚
This study is very real and important. Having witnessed this phenomena for myself PROVES to me that which should be known to all. Much respect to the Treffert Institute.
Fantastic,very impressive talk,got me interested in neurology amazing what we are capable of.thankyou
This happened to me 5 years ago after a car accident gave me a concussion. About a week later I bought a sketch book and began drawing and painting compulsively. I’m no Monet are Van Gough but before I could barely draw a convincing stick figure.
Wild. Yea maybe this happens to varying degrees. Like hitting the tv to get a signal, sometimes it only slightly alters it, sometimes a lot.
"Situations in which people with disabilities have some remarkable ABILITY that stands in stark contrast to a raw handicap."-Dr. Treffert on savant syndrome.
He was not have time but he write and understanding and explain me what happend , he know what happend in my head. Thank You and i still remember that. R.I.P.😿🕊️
Thank you, I met my 1st savant two days ago, a software instructor, and I am amazed!
Thank you Dr. Treffert. I appreciate that you helped bring awareness and light to my MS relapse / worsening TBI and the emergence of my art. Thank you!
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Dr. Treffert is the world's foremost authority on savants, having studied them for over 50 years. His insights into brain plasticity and the processes by which savantism occurs - including in people that have suffered head injuries - are exciting and inspiring. It could well be that each of us harbors that sort of potential.
could you share some of his insights on plasticity
Ive had dreams where i was much much smarter than my waking self. They are so technical and far from my actual ability that i cant imagine how my brain could have come up with the ability to imagine and organize the stuff as well as it did. Theres something to it. Our brain knows more than we do. If that makes sense. Its as if its a mostly untapped resource.
From now on I will start banging my left hemisphere of my head!
R.i.p. Darold Treffer was be my friend.😢 He help me understanding what happend on my head after my stroke. I was be alone. .Thank You profesor! ❤❤❤
Stroke of genius!
FANTASTIC
thank You for all,😢💙😿
Truly amazing the brain is
Such a jolly man. RIP
Please adjust the sound output so that his voice can be heard.
Ikr. I have the volume at max. But still can’t understand any words. It’s like he’s whispering. Even with the phone to my ears. Lol
I watched this and said “I want to be a savant.”
❤️❤️🕊️
My brain needs a reboot 😉
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This happened to me and I'm struggling
How
What if this can happen in other ways. With other abilities, or parts of the brain. Or is everything in existence covered by math, memory, creativity. What about emotion. Or other forms of creativity, expression. Things that are maybe not so obvious.
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I thought that guy was rainman’s father. Kim something the savant
Talent? Blame gravity! The great baby drop. It explains why they are good at things but third-eye blind.
Wondering if we can have surgery to become a genius? Would you do it?
Knowing how much i want to know things to a higher level every time, yes definitely
No. I love the brain I have. There isn't another one like it.
Wait
Wait.. WHAT ??
Hi can you diagnose me a savant plss
He doesnt read these comments, ted ed makes these videos
Also what do you believe your savant ability is?
Where is this knowledge now.
the advertisements on this video are so invasive that they are longer than his actual speech, have interrupted his speech so frequently that i cannot track his information or string together the information to understand what he is teaching
your advertisements have defeated the purpose of education
True, but nothing that happens is accidental: just the tip of the iceberg. It never was about us: we are just the instuments. Good work :)
Cant hear a word he is saying
Turn up your volume
So right,
Dr. Treffert....do you believe in a creator?
He doesnt read these comments