The mystery of why some people become sudden geniuses - BBC Future

There’s mounting evidence that brain damage has the power to unlock extraordinary creative talents. What can this teach us about how geniuses are made?

The mystery of why some people become sudden geniuses 6 January 2018 Share Save Add as preferred on Google Zaria Gorvett Features correspondent Getty Images There’s mounting evidence that brain damage has the power to unlock extraordinary creative talents. What can this teach us about how geniuses are made? This story is featured in BBC Future’s “Best of 2018” collection. Discover more of our picks . It was the summer of 1860 and Eadweard Muybridge was running low on books. This was somewhat problematic, since he was a bookseller. He handed his San Francisco shop over to his brother and set of

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