--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Nelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[...]
> >
> +++ Interesting article.  Maybe integrated hemisphere functioning
> would be the better term.
>      I was thinking of Mr. Peake (sp) (the Rain man) who still
> continues to absorb knowledge and be able to recall it.
>      His ability to memorize large numbers of books would indicate
> some brain function that is not generaly in use by the average person.
>      I have some problem remembering more than a few phone numbers and
> this guy looks like he has more than a terrabite memory.
>      I definitely don't have ten percent of this kind of memory- maybe
> I am getting bit of "old timers syndrome"  N.
>

My recollection is that people who show some radically gifted ability often have relatively
large brain structures associated with that ability, generally at the expense of OTHER brain
structures, which are often drastically smaller than average or even non-existent.






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