Help me find a specific article about Intelligence

January 14, 2009 8:00 AM

Help me find an article about intelligence that, if i recall correctly, describes the mind as a rubber band.

It used autism as a way to explain the rubber band metaphor, saying how savants have their minds stretched so much in one direction that other areas of the brain don't develop as much.

The autism example is just extrapolating, the article explained how this happens for everybody, it's just more notorious with people that are brilliant in a way.

This article I found via the blog of an a-list blogger a couple of years ago, I think it accompanied a post regarding an autistic guy that could learn languages pretty quick.

I may be paraphrasing a lot, but I think this is more or less the essence of the article.

posted by edmz to society & culture