Are people with Tourette’s better at learning tasks like driving?
People with Tourette鈥檚 syndrome seem to have enhanced memory that could make them better at learning tasks unconsciously, such as speaking a second language or driving a car.
Procedural memory helps us do things without conscious thought. An experiment in which children played a computer game suggests that children with Tourette鈥檚 may be much better at learning in this way. 鈥淭his highlights the facts that conditions like this can be associated not only with disadvantages, but also potential advantages,鈥 says at the Hungarian Academy of…
