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I've always been astounded when seeing television reports showing some of the things that savants are capable of doing. Mostly the reports would be about a savant with an amazing ability in a specific area - music or math or....

I had never heard the term "Megasavant" until reading about the death of Kim Peek this past week. When I read about a few of his capabilities I have to say that "astounded" is an inadequate word.

I certainly don't know anything about neurology or the related sciences but I do wonder what this means about human brains. Clearly they are capable of tasks beyond our imaginations but the capabilities only seem to be tapped when the brain is damaged (if that's the appropriate term).

ryck