Living Clocks: People Who Master the Dimension of Time

Today we delve into one of the most fascinating and sometimes inexplicable phenomena of savant syndrome: the ability to time with astonishing precision. What does this mean? Imagine your brain is like a living clock, as precise as a high-end quartz watch. Some people with savant syndrome can know the exact second in which something happened without the help of clocks or electronic devices.

For some of these people, time is not a straight line but a network of internal connections. Their brain counts internal pulses, almost as if it had an internal clock. These pulses are signals that their brain uses to keep time with extraordinary accuracy. These skills are like having a sixth sense for time.

• Some people can remember events with almost photographic accuracy.
• Others can anticipate events with remarkable precision.
• And some can synchronize their actions with external events with almost supernatural exactness.