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Laurence Kim Peek was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, [7] with macrocephaly, [5] damage to the cerebellum, and agenesis of the corpus callosum, [8] a condition in which the nerves that connect the two hemispheres of the brain are missing; in Peek's case, secondary connectors, such as the anterior commissure, were also missing. [5]
Savant syndrome (/ ˈ s æ v ə n t, s æ ˈ v ɑː n t / SAV-ənt, sə-VAHNT, US also / s ə ˈ v ɑː n t / sav-AHNT) is a phenomenon where someone demonstrates exceptional aptitude in one domain, such as art or mathematics, despite significant social or intellectual impairment.
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.
Linda and Terry Jamison (born January 12, 1955) are American identical twins based in Los Angeles, California who claim to be psychics.The Jamisons' predictions have been featured in tabloid newspapers, and they have appeared in various media.
They became known as "The Silent Twins", since they only communicated with each other. They wrote works of fiction. They wrote works of fiction. In 1981 the girls committed a crimes including vandalism , petty theft and arson , which led to them being admitted to Broadmoor Hospital high-security mental health hospital.
They were born in Firuzabad, a city in southwest Iran, to Dadollah Bijani and Maryam Safari, members of a farming family from the nearby Lohrasb village. The Bijani sisters were lost in a hospital in 1979 after the doctors responsible for them had to suddenly leave for the United States during the revolution in Iran.
Iko The Rainman is known for wearing too many hat's, a writer, comedian, a videographer, and hip-hop artist. The Rainman's progressive style been considered to be part of new age hip-hop music. [3] Iko has been making music since 2011 in South Florida, many of his early aspirations were driven from Eminem, D12 and The Wu-Tang Clan. [4]
The Lyman twins also display two characteristics that seem to be defining features of hyperthymestic syndrome; they have an obsessive interest in popular culture and they have an urge to record and/or collect mementos of their obsessive interests.