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Leigh Erceg, 47, was a ranchworker in Colorado when she tumbled into a ravine, causing terrible spine and head wounds which left doctors in fear for her life.
But as she recovered, she found she had become a gifted poet and artist, as well as a maths whizz, with no memory of her former life - even her mum.
Leigh is thought to be the only person on the planet with acquired savant syndrome - where cognitive ability in certain areas is vastly enhanced in later life.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/nascar-loving-cowgirl-woke-up-genius-5714168
Apparently not the only one.
A self-described 'woman chaser' who woke up a math genius after he was knocked out during a mugging has said he would not change the brutal attack - even though it threw his life into turmoil.
After the 2002 assault, Jason Padgett, from Tacoma, Washington, suddenly understood complex math theories - but also developed obsessive compulsive disorder, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder, and locked himself away for years as he struggled to cope with his new reality.
Still, he wouldn't change a thing, he said in an interview with KOMO this week, 'because the good far outweighs the bad'.
Padgett is one of just 40 people who have been diagnosed with acquired savant syndrome, in which a once-normal person suddenly becomes skilled in math, art or music after a brain injury.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ed-muggers-says-not-change-brutal-attack.html
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But as she recovered, she found she had become a gifted poet and artist, as well as a maths whizz, with no memory of her former life - even her mum.
Leigh is thought to be the only person on the planet with acquired savant syndrome - where cognitive ability in certain areas is vastly enhanced in later life.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/nascar-loving-cowgirl-woke-up-genius-5714168
Apparently not the only one.
A self-described 'woman chaser' who woke up a math genius after he was knocked out during a mugging has said he would not change the brutal attack - even though it threw his life into turmoil.
After the 2002 assault, Jason Padgett, from Tacoma, Washington, suddenly understood complex math theories - but also developed obsessive compulsive disorder, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder, and locked himself away for years as he struggled to cope with his new reality.
Still, he wouldn't change a thing, he said in an interview with KOMO this week, 'because the good far outweighs the bad'.
Padgett is one of just 40 people who have been diagnosed with acquired savant syndrome, in which a once-normal person suddenly becomes skilled in math, art or music after a brain injury.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ed-muggers-says-not-change-brutal-attack.html
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