Memory masters. How savants store information
Description
Reudiger Gamm performs complex arithmetic instantly and without help-his brain stores numbers like a calculator. Orlando Sorrel remembers exactly what he was doing on any date, at any hour, and can accurately predict the day of the week thousands of years in the future. Kim Peek-the original "Rain Man"-has read 12,000 books and hasn't forgotten a single word. What lies behind these astonishing abilities? This program explores recent research into the vast mental capacities of so-called savants. Studying brain structure and other important neurological factors, the film also examines why savants often lack basic interpersonal and survival skills.
Runtime
53 min
Series
Subjects
- Mental illness (325)
- Children with social disabilities (42)
- Learning, Psychology of (143)
- Children with disabilities (107)
- Brain (487)
- Cognitive psychology (167)
- Nervous system (179)
- Developmental disorders (30)
- Aging (259)
- Psycholinguistics (40)
- Adolescent psychopathology (32)
- Educational psychology (148)
- Intellect (87)
- Special Education (37)
- Child psychopathology (37)
Genre
Date of Publication
[2006], c2006
Database
Films on Demand
Direct Link
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