Beautiful Minds (2) The Einstein Effect - The Mysterious World Of The Sava
Beautiful Minds' approaches the vast scientific field of brain research through the most fascinating "research projects", the Savants. Currently there are around one hundred recognised Savants with genius-like talents worldwide. Savants can multiply 5-digit numbers in their heads, or know 12.000 books by heart, while some can play a melody on the piano after hearing it only once. For all brain researchers the Savants are a fascinating window into the brain. Experts all over the world are now starting to ask themselves: is it in fact a defect that turns a person into a genius?
Matt Savage was diagnosed with autism when he was 4. When he was 6, Matt Savage learned to play piano nearly overnight. By 7 he began composing jazz and in the same year his first CD with his own composition was released. Now considered the 'Mozart of Jazz' he plays the piano like a 40 year old. How can Matt know all these things about music when he never learned them? Is there a musical chip in our brains, which already knows everything about music? That we normally just don't have access to?