Savants – 7 Videos About Daniel Tammet

This new post in the mind power series is about savants. Savants are people with developmental disorders who have one or more areas of expertise, ability or brilliance that are in contrast with the individual’s overall limitations (Wikipedia). Some of the most well known savants are Kim Peek (the inspiration for the character of Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man) and Daniel Tammet. This article is about Daniel Tammet.

Daniel Tammet is a British high-functioning autistic savant with a unique talent for mathematical and natural language learning. Experiencing numbers as colors or sensations is a well-documented form of synesthesia, but the detail and specificity of Tammet’s mental imagery of numbers is unusual. Furthermore, he appears to be doing mathematical calculations without actually thinking about it.

He is the author of two books, Embracing the Wide Sky and his first book Born On A Blue Day.

The Boy with the Incredible Brain
The following videos are part of the UK documentary The Boy with the Incredible Brain.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Late Show with David Letterman
And here’s one of Daniel at the Late Show with David Letterman (April 27th, 2005).

Embracing the Wide Sky
And finally one more video where he talks about his new book Embracing the Wide Sky.

Hope you enjoyed the videos. More videos on this subject are coming up in the following weeks.

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