In autism that slowing may be protracted beyond normal, resulting in an overdeveloped right hemisphere and stunted growth on the left. This could explain why autism, and savant skills, are about six times more common in males that in females. It was as though the destruction of those brain cells took the brakes off some innate ability that had been suppressed all his life, and opened access to an amazing personal memory store he never knew he had. As yet it isn't clear whose interpretation of these cases is correct, if indeed anyone's is, but Snyder thinks there might be a way to test it. He is planning an experiment in which, he hopes, the unconscious savant will be unleashed at the flick of a switch.
Magnetic pulses can interfere with normal brain activity.
If you time and position the surge just right, it can temporarily turn off activity in a particular region. If his theory is correct, and if he can find the area, this should cause the normally pre-conscious savant skills to burst into consciousness. I'm onto something.