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    Daniel Tammet FRSA (born Daniel Paul Corney; 31 January 1979) is an English writer and savant. His memoir, Born on a Blue Day (2006), is about his early...
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  • up tammet in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Tammet is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alexei Tammet-Romanov (died 1977) Daniel Tammet...
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  • accuracy of experts. In his book Embracing the Wide Sky, Daniel Tammet finds fault with this notion. Tammet points out the potential for problems in systems which...
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  • Peek, the inspiration for the 1988 movie Rain Man. Foer discusses how Daniel Tammet's index finger slides around on a table as he performs mental calculations...
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  • perception when rapidly counting large numbers of items. Autistic savant Daniel Tammet points out that the twins provided the matchbox and may have counted...
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  • people, and books from autistic authors, such as Temple Grandin and Daniel Tammet. Cartwright's portrayal of Bell has earned praise from the neurological...
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  • cases indicate that savant memory may be similar to eidetic memory. Daniel Tammet is a savant with an exceptional memory for numbers. He began to associate...
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    individual, the term savant syndrome became widely accepted terminology. Daniel Tammet, British author and polyglot Derek Paravicini, British blind musical...
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  • many savants who have performed memory feats, such as Kim Peek and Daniel Tammet, have not been rigorously studied; they do claim not to need to use...
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  • traits related to savantism. The character is based on British writer Daniel Tammet and also resembles an 'everyman'-type Sherlock Holmes. Sorjonen takes...
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