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Psychological tests show 18-year-old Isaiah has an intelligence score of 65. Nevertheless, Isaiah can, with a few seconds mental calculation, accurately tell the day of the week on which Christmas falls for any year in the next two centuries. It would be fair to conclude that ______.

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Isaiah is a person with savant syndrome

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Savant syndrome: In psychology, savant syndrome is one of the mental health condition in which an individual suffers from significant mental hindrance or disabilities that displays a few specific capabilities which is considered as far more than an excess of average people. An individual who is diagnosed with savant syndrome often shows a few special skills set in which he or she excels and is somewhat related to memory such as map-making, calculation, musical ability, and artistic ability.

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