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The Einstein effect [electronic resource] : Savants and Creativity / produced by Colourfield tell-a-vision ; written, directed & produced by Petra Höfer & Freddie Röckenhaus.

Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2006.

Savants (Savant syndrome)

Savant syndrome.

Beautiful minds, the psychology of the savant. Part II

Issued also as videocassette and DVD.

Streaming video (54 min.)

Mute until the age of nine, Stephen Wiltshire learned to communicate through realistic, richly detailed drawings. Alonzo Clemens sculpts clay animal figures with great precision, even though he can barely form a sentence. Matt Savage faced extraordinary developmental problems as a child but has become a teen prodigy among jazz musicians. What is the relationship between creativity and autistic behavior? Why does slow learning-such as the young Albert Einstein experienced-sometimes conceal genius? This program focuses on these questions and other aspects of autistic brain research, revealing fascinating links between the realms of savants and prodigies.

What is the relationship between creativity and autistic behavior? Why does slow learning, such as what the young Einstein experienced, sometimes conceal genius? This program focuses on these questions and other aspects of autistic brain research, revealing fascinating links between savants and prodigies.

Colourfield (Firm)

Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)

Einstein Effect

Available online to Glendale Community College students and faculty only.

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