Personal Hero: Autistic Savant Daniel Tammet Speaks About “Different Ways of Knowing”

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Daniel Tammet is a self-described high functioning autistic savant with a mastery of language. This incredibly talented and interesting man has synesthesia that affects his perception of language, numbers and colors, so that all three are deeply intertwined. His synesthesia allows him to perceive the world in a phenomenally interesting way. Daniel Tammet gave a [...]

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Posted June 27, 2011 by Karen Merzenich under Autism

Our Brain Awareness Session on Brain Plasticity & Brain Fitness with Dr. Michael Merzenich

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A few days ago, we hosted a Q&A session on Facebook about brain plasticity and brain fitness with Posit Science founder Dr. Michael Merzenich. For those who missed the discussion and prefer to read it in transcript form, I’ve re-posted it here. Question: I would love to know what Dr. Merzenich thinks about brain plasticity [...]

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Posted April 21, 2011 by Marghi Merzenich under Autism, Benefits of Brain Fitness, Brain exercise, Brain Fitness Program, Brain plasticity, Exercise, InSight, Memory, Neuroscience, Physical exercise, Posit Science software, Processing speed, Research studies

Stephen Wiltshire’s Amazing Brain

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I happened across this video of Stephen Wiltshire, an autistic man whose ability to remember incredible detail and draw it with near perfection is extraordinary. If he flies in a helicopter over a city just once, he can recreate the city perfectly in a drawing. The buildings have the right number of columns and windows. [...]

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Posted September 1, 2010 by Marghi Merzenich under Autism, Memory