adminkaraoke club and repeatedly kicked in the head, the Daily Mail said.
Now, wherever Padegtt looks, he sees mathematical formulae and turns them into stunning, intricate diagrams he can draw by hand.
He is the only person in the world known to the skill, which experts said, was caused by his head injury.
They believe the damage to Padgett’s brain has left him with a “remarkable gift” for figures.
To understand how Padgett’s brain works, neuroscientist and philosophy professor Berit Brogaard and her team flew Padgett to Finland to run a series of tests.
His brain scanning showed damage that was forcing his brain to over compensate in certain areas that most people do not have access to.
Brogaard, who is based at the Centre for Neurodynamics at the University of Missouri-St Louis, said the result that Padgett is now an acquired savant, meaning brilliant in a specific area.
“Savant syndrome is the development of a particular skill, that can be mathematical, spatial, or autistic, that develop to an extreme degree that sort of makes a person superhuman” the professor added. — Press Trust of India.
Online Reporter
- Herald
- July 31, 2026
- 79 views
Economy: Growth signs visible
Martin Kadzere Senior Business Reporter ZIMBABWE has made significant progress towards achieving upper-middle-income status, with the country’s Gross National Income per capita growing by 84 percent since 2021, Finance, Economic…
