Savant Syndrome - Daniel Tammet

lucky bastard!

Actually, normally we refer to the left as dominant. It switches over, ie the left side controls the right hand. Most people with incredibly hgh iq's, most famous people in Hollywood, most famous people throughout history, are more right dominant, and they are usually left-handed.

Yes! The people who bashed loccstero all need to do more research themselves. He was right, Daniel Tammat is "emotionally retarded" exactly in the way serial killers are. He cannot empathize with others, so Daniel is indeed a sociopath.

Daniel Tammat is technically a sociopath. He has no ability to empathize with other human beings. Why don't YOU do some research.

Wow, you're ignorant.

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kaseofbier, exactly my point. If 10% of our brains go "unused" its just that only a certain portion is active at any one time. I doubt it would be a good thing if there was more activity. Since Temple Grandin prominently mentions "sensory jumbling" as symptom of autism, i do think it's possible that synesthesia is evidence of a logjam, of many areas of the brain activated at once by a stimuli. She suggested that rocking and repetitive motions are an attempt to deal with the sensory overload.

This was a subject that was brought up in my psychology class recently and our professor explained how somehow there was a misunderstanding of the idea. What is really meant by the 10% used and 90% unused is actually: We only use 10% of our brains at one time. Human beings use just about all of their brains, each part has a different function, so at one given time, we only use about 10% of it. There is no huge region of our brains that isnt ever tapped.

I was referring to an earlier post asking about the 10% of our brains that we supposedly don't use. I also refer to the fact that Daniel was a screamer as a child, which isn't shown here but you see it mentioned in the other video "the boy wth the incredible brain" he must have been suffering.

When people use the 10% figure they usually add that if we could "tap that 90% potential" we'd be geniuses somehow. I think that too much information available at once can't be processed meaningfully. At any given time your computer is using a very small proportion of its memory. To use all of it at once would cause a logjam, meltdown. Autistic children, such as he was, are frequently in a constant state of meltdown.

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Thats cool,Iwont to be like him

...uhh do some research. This guy is a savant. That is he is autistic and possesses a highly gifted skill in one particular area. In this case Daniel is autictic, he has just developed enough social skills to seem to blen in with our everyday world. Thus, he is gifted even amongst the savants, for now we can find out what goes on in these people's minds.

We actually use a large proportion of the brain. However it all depends on which side is dominant. In the so called normal brain our right side is dominant. It has been shown that the left side is the creative (as we call it gifted side) and it is also been shown this is the more dominant in people with these gifts who have alleged disorders/ problems. To reach the level shown on these films by a "regular" brain is highly unlikely if not impossible.

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Absolutely brilliant.

do you have a source for information about the legend. I know its an urban legend, but I cannot tell people why. Thanks for replying!

cool

actually, our concience (sp?) only uses ten %

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The 10% figure is only an urban legend, invalidating your conclusion.

ive heard that humans only use 10% of our brains. these miraculous people have some how identified how to use the rest. imagine the possibilites if we used our whole brain.

coming from YOU

technically thats half true. the way you put it was kind of offensive, but it's half true.