Savantisms and Brain Specialization
Jordan and David discuss how savantisms, such as memorizing maps, can occur due to the distribution of real estate in the brain. The brain's cortex is generally allocated the same in everyone, but genetic tweaks can cause it to specialize differently. This can result in amazing skills in one area, but at the cost of less development in other areas.In this clip
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474: David Eagleman | The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain
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