[Discussion] Can a brain injury make you smart ?

[UchihaNagashi]

What kind of a head injury?​

 

[silmarill]

I heard of a case where someone who went in a coma because of a head injury and when he woke up he suddenly was a musical genius, he could play piano, read notes whereas he never took any lessons before.

 

[ekichi onizuka]

What kind of a head injury?​

dunno i'm looking for acquired savant syndrome as we speak.

 

[UchihaNagashi]

I heard of a case where someone who went in a coma because of a head injury and when he woke up he suddenly was a musical genius, he could play piano, read notes whereas he never took any lessons before.

That's not possible. Learning something when you've never learned it is impossible, both logically and theoretically.

He used to either listen to others piano playing (in person), or has read the notes either few weeks back or few years back, where his memory has miraculously rewind back to that moment unconsciously to remember the notes and therefore enhance his creative part of brain. But it's highly likely it's just a hoax.​

dunno i'm looking for acquired savant syndrome as we speak.

Sure I am not, but that's not maybe what you both were talking about. Doryoku may have misinterpreted your words.

Savant syndrome does not come from a sudden head injury. Usually, you must possess a mental disability already such as autism. Many people diagnosed with autistic traits were geniuses like Einstein or Newton (though not certain Newton was autistic). And this syndrome appears already at young age, about 2 and half (usual time when child is diagnosed with this syndrome, after a psychological analysis that is done to all). And even savant syndrome isn't usual at all, it's extremely rare.

You stated that your friend had head injury. Seeing you are in schools he's at least teen - right? That means there's no possible way for him to be autistic nor that sort, nor does a head injury cause a savant syndrome unless he went in few years coma.​

 

[~WastelandSociety~]

There are a few rare people that before a head injury are unable to understand math but after they are able and clam they can see equations outside their heads.

But of course they gotta study.

 

[SilverfoxUchiha]

Apparantly it can.

However i wouldnt suggest you do it intentionally. It's more likely you'd just end up with a concussion, a big medical bill, and end up dumber than you were before you tried to bang your head on purpose.

 

[EmbraceNixFifty]

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[~WastelandSociety~]

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When Brain Damage Unlocks The Genius Within
Brain damage has unleashed extraordinary talents in a small group of otherwise ordinary individuals. Will science find a way for everyone to tap their inner virtuoso?

Derek Amato stood above the shallow end of the swimming pool and called for his buddy in the Jacuzzi to toss him the football. Then he launched himself through the air, head first, arms outstretched. He figured he could roll onto one shoulder as he snagged the ball, then slide across the water. It was a grave miscalculation. The tips of Amato's fingers brushed the pigskin—then his head slammed into the pool's concrete floor with such bone-jarring force that it felt like an explosion. He pushed to the surface, clapping his hands to his head, convinced that the water streaming down his cheeks was blood gushing from his ears.

At the edge of the pool, Amato collapsed into the arms of his friends, Bill Peterson and Rick Sturm. It was 2006, and the 39-year-old sales trainer was visiting his hometown of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, from Colorado, where he lived. As his two high-school buddies drove Amato to his mother's home, he drifted in and out of consciousness, insisting that he was a professional baseball player late for spring training in Phoenix. Amato's mother rushed him to the emergency room, where doctors diagnosed Amato with a severe concussion. They sent him home with instructions to be woken every few hours.

It would be weeks before the full impact of Amato's head trauma became apparent: 35 percent hearing loss in one ear, headaches, memory loss. But the most dramatic consequence appeared just four days after his accident. Amato awoke hazy after near-continuous sleep and headed over to Sturm's house. As the two pals sat chatting in Sturm's makeshift music studio, Amato spotted a cheap electric keyboard.

Without thinking, he rose from his chair and sat in front of it. He had never played the piano—never had the slightest inclination to. Now his fingers seemed to find the keys by instinct and, to his astonishment, ripple across them. His right hand started low, climbing in lyrical chains of triads, skipping across melodic intervals and arpeggios, landing on the high notes, then starting low again and building back up. His left hand followed close behind, laying down bass, picking out harmony. Amato sped up, slowed down, let pensive tones hang in the air, then resolved them into rich chords as if he had been playing for years. When Amato finally looked up, Sturm's eyes were filled with tears.

Music Man An accident left Derek Amato with a severe concussion and a surprising ability to play the piano. One theory is that his brain reorganized, making accessible existing memories of music. Another is that his brain no longer filters sensory input, enabling him to hear individual notes rather than melodies. Courtesy Derek Amato

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6 People Who Gained Amazing Skills from Brain Injuries:

1:Man Has Mystery Illness, Gains Super Memory and Painting Powers

2:Man Gets Ass Kicked, Begins to See and Draw Fractals

3:Guy Gets Struck by Lightning, Suddenly Is Great on the Piano

4:Man Survives Stroke, Becomes Graphic Artist

5:Man Has Aneurysm, Becomes Painter/Poet/Sculptor

6:Man Has Part of Brain Removed After Stroke, Becomes Artist

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[Zaphkiel]

This exact topic is on the DNews channel on YouTube, check it out guys, really.

 

[YowYan]

There's this guy that got electrocuted by a lightning impact on a telephone pole he was standing at. Afterwards, he suddenly was a genius at playing the piano and doing maths, etc.

 

[Seventh Sama]

Maybe, but I wouldn't try to get a brain injury to get "smart"...

 

[Zorø]

Yhhh it probably is Lol you should try it.

 

[LED ZEPPELIN]

If you take an eletroshok to your head and if it passes down trough your brain, you can have an increase of up to 1000% of performance on maths.