The mathematical calculation prowess and extreme memorization ability of
author Daniel Tammet (1979-) are documented in this video, found on YouTube:
The Boy With The Incredible Brain (Superhuman Documentary) - Real Stories, Published on Aug 22, 2015.
Topics mentioned in this documentary include:
- one of 9 children
- childhood seizures, epilepsy diagnosis
- autism
- heightened "powers of perception"
- gifted savants
- synesthesia
- "moving through a synesthetic landscape"
- photographic memory
- students calculating with an abacus
- learning a new language in one week
Other individuals mentioned in this documentary include:
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Orlando Serrell (1968-)
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Dane Bottino, savant artist
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Kim Peek (1951-2009), inspiration for Dustin Hoffman's character Raymond Babbitt in the movie "
Rain Man" (1988)
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Dr. Darold Treffert, author of:
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Extraordinary People: Understanding Savant Syndrome,
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Islands of Genius: The Bountiful Mind of the Autistic, Acquired, and Sudden Savant.