Re: "Boy with Incredible Brain"

From: Philip Goetz (philgoetz@gmail.com)
Date: Wed Mar 22 2006 - 12:59:10 MST


Amazing. Odd, though, that these geniuses never seem to accomplish anything.

> "Kim has a double photographic memory and can recall everything he has ever
> read. He speed reads by scanning opposing pages at the same time, one page
> with each eye. "

I don't believe that. The fovea - the only area with enough
resolution to read -
is projected onto both left and right occipital lobes. If left and
right eye were
focused on different areas, the signal would overlap in the brain.



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