Kim Peek
| Kim Peek | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Ganwyd | 11 Tachwedd 1951  Salt Lake City |
| Bu farw | 19 Rhagfyr 2009 Murray, Utah |
| Dinasyddiaeth | Unol Daleithiau America |
| Galwedigaeth | mnemonist |
| Tad | Fran Peek |
Savant o Americanwr oedd Laurence Kim Peek (11 Tachwedd 1951 – 19 Rhagfyr 2009) a elwir yn Kim Peek a weithiau gan y llysenw "megasavant".[1][2][3] Roedd ganddo gof eidetig ("cof ffotograffig"), ond hefyd anawsterau cymdeithasol, o bosib o ganlyniad i anabledd datblygiadol oedd yn gysylltiedig ag annormaleddau cynhenid yn ei ymennydd. Ef oedd yr ysbrydoliaeth am y cymeriad awtistig Raymond Babbitt, a chwaraewyd gan Dustin Hoffman, yn y ffilm Rain Man. Er hyn nad oedd Peek ei hunan yn awtistig,[4] ac mae'n debyg roedd ganddo syndrom FG.[5]
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- ↑ (Saesneg) 'Rain Man' reigns in Casper. Casper Star-Tribune (14 Mawrth 2003). Adalwyd ar 22 Ionawr 2010. "The difference between a savant and a megasavant like Peek is that Peek has nearly total recall in around 14 to 15 different subject areas, according to literature written by Peek's father, Fran Peek."
- ↑ (Saesneg) About Kim Peek, Megasavant. York Daily Record (4 Tachwedd 1994). Adalwyd ar 22 Ionawr 2010. "Kim Peek is a megasavant who has memorized vast numbers of facts about more than a dozen subjects. He has brain damage, which occurred before birth, but he is not autistic."
- ↑ (Saesneg) NASA studies mega-savant Peek's brain. USA Today (2004). Adalwyd ar 22 Ionawr 2010. "The 53-year-old Peek is called a "mega-savant" because he is a genius in about 15 different subjects, from history and literature and geography to numbers, sports, music and dates."
- ↑ (Saesneg) Weber B (26 Rhagfyr 2009). "Kim Peek, inspiration for 'Rain Man,' dies at 58". The New York Times.
- ↑ Opitz JM, Smith JF, Santoro L (2008). The FG syndromes (Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man 305450): perspective in 2008, Cyfrol 55, Rhifyn 1. Adv Pediatr, tud. 123–70. DOI:10.1016/j.yapd.2008.07.014
