PSYC3338 Chapter Notes - Chapter NA: Kim Peek, Encephalocele, Developmental Disorder
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J. langdon down cited a man who could recite gibbon"s decline and fall of the. Pull a fact from his mental library like a search engine of the internet. Memories books at the age of 18 months, when they were read to him. 15 interests: world and american history, sports, movies, geography, space programs, actors and actresses, bible, church history, literature, shakespeare and classical music, area codes. Can provide mapquest-like travel directions within any major us city or between cities. Can identify classical compositions, tell where they are from and first composed. Can"t button his clothes, manage chores, and has problems with abstraction. Born with an enlarged head = encephalocele (baseball sized blister on the back of his head that resolved) Account for problems with mobility and coordination. Seen in people with split brain syndrome after treatment for epilepsy, whereas some with no corpus callosum suffer no difficulties. Develop back channels of communication between the hemispheres.
