Einstein syndrome
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Einstein syndrome is a hypothetical developmental condition identifiable in infants, where delayed development of speech is paradoxically combined with signs of high intelligence in other respects, such as music, numeracy and puzzle-solving. Albert Einstein himself has been retrospectively identified as having the syndrome, which is linked, by proponents of the theory with the unusual anatomy of his brain.
Richard Feynman, G. Gordon Liddy, Benito Mussolini, Srinivasa Ramanujan, Julia Robinson, Arthur Rubinstein, Clara Schumann and Edward Teller, have also been retrospectively identified as having the condition.[1]
It is also claimed that the syndrome is statistically linked with myopia (short-sightedness), left-handedness, alergies, and maleness.
The syndrome resembles Asperger syndrome in some respects, but with the important difference that a diagnostic criterion for AS is normal language development.
The main proponent of the Einstein Syndrome is the economist Thomas Sowell, who was prompted by concerns about his son.[2] He believes that Einstein Syndrome children can be misdiagnosed as having autism or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Einstein Syndrome does not currently have any official diagnostic status.
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- ^ Thomas Sowell writing on the Einstein Syndrome at the Jewish World Review
- ^ Thomas Sowell, Late Talking Children
