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Laurence Kim Peek (November 11, 1951 – December 19, 2009) was an American savant. Known as a "megasavant", [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] he had an exceptional memory , but he also experienced social difficulties, possibly resulting from a developmental disability related to congenital brain abnormalities.
Kim Peek (born November 11, 1951) is an individual diagnosed with Savant Syndrome with a photographic or eidetic memory and developmental disabilities, resulting from congenital brain abnormalities. He was the inspiration for the character of Raymond Babbit, played by Dustin Hoffman , in the movie Rain Man .
Kim Peek, the savant who was the inspiration for the main character in the movie Rain Man: Specialty: Psychiatry, neurology: Symptoms: General mental disability with certain abilities far in excess of average [1] [2] Types: Congenital, acquired [3] Causes: Neurodevelopmental disorder such as autism spectrum disorder, brain injury [1] Frequency ...
Rain Man is a 1988 American road comedy-drama film directed by Barry Levinson and written by Barry Morrow and Ronald Bass.It tells the story of abrasive and selfish wheeler-dealer Charlie Babbitt (), who discovers that his estranged father has died and bequeathed his multimillion-dollar estate to his other son, Raymond (Dustin Hoffman), an autistic savant whose existence Charlie was unaware of.
Kim Peek (1951–2009), savant [44] Vernon B. Romney (1924–2013), Attorney General of Utah 1969–77, gubernatorial candidate; Ken Sanders (born 1951), antiquarian bookseller; Charlotte Sheffield (1936–2016), Miss Utah USA 1957, Miss USA 1957 (succeeded) Peggy Wallace (1943–2020), Utah state representative
Kim Kardashian is bringing the heat on this cold December day with her latest social media post. Just yesterday, the mother-of-four gave her Instagram followers a peek of her campaign with her ...
Claire Lambrecht for Salon writes: "Foer talks with people from both spectrums of the memory divide—from Kim Peek to the guy dubbed "The Most Forgetful Man in the World"—and their conversations offer insight into the relevance of memory in a society increasingly dominated by smart phones, Google, and Wikipedia."
Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson at the Costume Institute Benefit celebrating the opening of In America: An Anthology of Fashion at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on May 2, 2022. Matt ...