The Boy with the Incredible Brain...

The Boy with the Incredible Brain...

Here's something I would urge one and all to have a look. It is a truly spectacular BBC documentary on a few "special" individuals with extraordinary mental capabilities.The story revolves around Daniel Tammet who can "recite" the decimals of Pi to the 22,500 th point or calculate products of 3-digit numbers and also learn a new language within 1 week. It also features Kim Peek who has a 98 % photographic memory ..i.e...he can read a book and remember at least 98% of its contents. The movie "Rain man" was based on Kim Peek.

Here is the link:http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2351172331453380070&q=bbc+duration%3Along

P.S - All the individuals featured in the story are inflicted with a condition called "Savant Syndrome".

From Wikipedia:Savant Syndrome describes a person having both a severe developmental or mental handicap and extraordinary mental abilities not found in most people. The Savant Syndrome skills involve striking feats of memory and often include arithmetic calculation and sometimes unusual abilities in art or music.