Comments on: The Genome, Society and Womb Dynamics http://www.neoteny.org/2009/12/07/the-gnome-society-and-womb-dynamics/ The American Left, Societal Transformation, and Biological Evolution Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:35:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Andrew http://www.neoteny.org/2009/12/07/the-gnome-society-and-womb-dynamics/comment-page-1/#comment-2581 Andrew Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:43:27 +0000 http://www.neoteny.org/?p=589#comment-2581 Hi Tetsuya, Williams Syndrome looks fascinating. I'm unfamiliar with it. I'll follow your links. Andrew Hi Tetsuya,

Williams Syndrome looks fascinating. I’m unfamiliar with it. I’ll follow your links.

Andrew

]]> By: Tetsuya Sellers http://www.neoteny.org/2009/12/07/the-gnome-society-and-womb-dynamics/comment-page-1/#comment-2578 Tetsuya Sellers Mon, 18 Jan 2010 01:39:23 +0000 http://www.neoteny.org/?p=589#comment-2578 Hi Andrew, You might also be interested in Williams Syndrome. Williams Syndrome produces extreme abilities with both music and verbal skills, and some people even compare them with elves and fairies because of their appearance and behavior. There is documentation of Williams Syndrome on youtube. Williams Syndrome is a genetic defect and it even appears that the right hemisphere of the brain might be involved. Like autism, it creates extreme neoteany in social development, with emotional outbursts and inability to detect hostility from others. However, the musical and verbal abilities are gifts resembling the artistic abilities of savants, and their extreme friendliness is the oposite of the shyness of autism. Their IQ scores are low because abstract thought is difficult, as well as the ability to way the different thoughts of people. Some good links I found are here. http://www.bobfinn.net/Williams%20Syndrome.htm A new York times article on Williams syndrome. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/08/magazine/08sociability-t.html?_r=1&oref=slogin The Brain and music. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/10/061003191006.htm An NPR report on Williams syndrome is here. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6268495 This article compares Savant syndrome with Williams Syndrome. http://www.wisconsinmedicalsociety.org/savant_syndrome/savant_articles/williams_syndrome Tetsuya Hi Andrew,
You might also be interested in Williams Syndrome. Williams Syndrome produces extreme abilities with both music and verbal skills, and some people even compare them with elves and fairies because of their appearance and behavior. There is documentation of Williams Syndrome on youtube. Williams Syndrome is a genetic defect and it even appears that the right hemisphere of the brain might be involved. Like autism, it creates extreme neoteany in social development, with emotional outbursts and inability to detect hostility from others. However, the musical and verbal abilities are gifts resembling the artistic abilities of savants, and their extreme friendliness is the oposite of the shyness of autism. Their IQ scores are low because abstract thought is difficult, as well as the ability to way the different thoughts of people. Some good links I found are here.
http://www.bobfinn.net/Williams%20Syndrome.htm

A new York times article on Williams syndrome.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/08/magazine/08sociability-t.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

The Brain and music.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/10/061003191006.htm
An NPR report on Williams syndrome is here.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6268495
This article compares Savant syndrome with Williams Syndrome.
http://www.wisconsinmedicalsociety.org/savant_syndrome/savant_articles/williams_syndrome
Tetsuya

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