Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Question #62

He provided scientists with an extraordinary window into the human brain and the nature of memory. Who is he? What is so special about him?

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Answered correctly by Nihar, indian and mak

Answer: Kim Peek. The man who could recite whole books by heart but could not button his own shirt. He suffered from the Savant Syndrome.

3 comments

Nihar said...

Kim Peek.... was an American Savant.

indian said...

KIM PEEK, MEGASAVANT WITH UNIMAGINABLE MEMORY.

mak said...

Kim Peek
he had a photographic memory.
he has been of much help to researchers at the Wisconsin medical society.

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