Brain Man: The Boy Genius With The Incredible Brain

An extraordinary documentary on the brainpower of Daniel T, the young Englishman who could be the world’s greatest mental athlete. Daniel is not just a calculating wizard, but also a memory champion and super linguist.

He speaks nine languages. Daniel, the oldest of seven children, has been able to do amazing calculations after an epileptic fit when he was 3 years old. He was even able to remember over 22,000 numbers in a public display of his ability. But how does he do it? Leading scientists explore the extraordinary world of this real-life Rainman. Daniel’s psychological make-up is explored by Cambridge University autism expert Professor Simon Baron Cohen who delves into his childhood experiences in an effort to explain his remarkable abilities. In America Daniel meets other extraordinary people like himself, known as “savants” --- including Kim Peek, whose story was the basis of the movie “Rainman”. Brain scientists at the Salk Institute in San Diego, including Professor V S Ramachandra, are astounded at his skills and discover the key to Daniel’s ability is his visual imagery which his brain “sees” when he hears a number, this condition is known as synaesthesia. To show it’s not just numbers Daniel can remember -- he also learns one of the world’s hardest languages, Icelandic, in just one week --- and gets interviewed on Icelandic TV after only 7 days of learning to speak it.

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[detdet]

I was 95% through watching this when I realized I've watched this before.. I am blessed with Such an amazing gift.

[SonicPhonic]

I was fortunate enough to have interviewed Daniel over the phone and he was kind enough to send me a copy of his book "Born On A Blue Day". He is not only unique for his "gifts" but is also a very kind person.

[catbriggs]

I love how Daniel is humble and so likeable as a person. He doesn't look down on those who don't share his ability. His excitement over meeting the "real rainman" was touching. Imagine the loneliness of being one-of-a-kind, and now, he meets a fellow who shares the simple understanding of how it feels to be massively gifted in ways marvelous to others.

[thatgirlnamedcarol]

Both my parents were truly gifted. My mom had an eidetic memory and my father had a photographic memory. My mom could speak 4 languages and could read and write Latin before she learned English at age 19. My father would read books by scrolling his finger down the page on both pages and then my mother would take the book and turn it to a random page and say like page 257 second paragraph…. My father would recite word for word of that paragraph.
My older sister can write ambidextrous, simultaneously, mirror image of anything she hears spontaneously. She too remembers everything she’s ever read.
I’m like: “I can count to three!”

[AspiringD-M]

I actually went to secondary school with Daniel in the 90s and sat next to him in maths class. Now, can you imagine how bloody difficult that was? I used to think I was utterly stupid when he finished the questions in seconds! This explains a lot!!

[kikkidj]

I tried to get out of my car today with my seatbelt still on.

[jchogue]

I would like to tell this young man that I greatly admire his polite and gentle manner. He is the type of person that everyone, would be pleased to call, a friend!
Thank you for showing others what being a good man is all about. Best of luck to you sir, and may you have joy and happiness in all you see and do.

[graceaxisa]

The incredible thing is that Daniel is able to clearly articulate what he sees, feels and experiences. The fact that he can relate to other people, interact with them and share a joke makes him quite unique. Especially considering his early school years, where he preferred to be alone, immersed in numbers and patterns. As an educator, I find this fascinating. I wonder what he is doing now? I hope life has been good to him.

[hershefesaloma]

My mom has amazing brain too. She remembers all the mistakes I've done and recites all of them when she's upset HAHA

[pranavmahajan]

The best thing about him is he is very humble and does not have any false attitude. Kudos brother.

[blackhand]

If any of you guys are wondering where's Dan now, he's gone up in the world. He does talks, writes books, and still inhumanly genius.

[franceshurt]

Love Daniel, what a trooper to allow himself to be subjected to these tests and interrogations, especially when it makes him uncomfortable, I take my hat off to you sir live well Daniel !

[GenXstacker]

I have this amazing ability that every time I try to multiply two large numbers I immediately fall asleep.

[aikhis]

Instead of spending years studying him, how about give him the resources to come up with something to help everyone, push our species forward. If he's got this great mind, let him go off in whatever direction he wants.

[robertstein]

I am 85yrs old and watched him on You Tube....everything i could find on him..his voice makes me give full attention to what he is saying.in the last 6 months and as i read, it was his voice i was hearing as if he was reading to me.Some of his books went over my head and i have tried to re-read.His first book Born on a Blue Day i have read twice .read it in one day!...i am just a average guy but reading is my passion i Daniel to be fascinating..

[Koakoa]

My 6 year old grandson is autistic. By age 2 he could count to 100, knew all his colors and many animals. Now he speaks English, Tagalog, Ilonggo and Spanish. Sometimes he uses words from all languages in one sentence. While his social interactions is very limited he has an amazing mind!

[patriciagilligan]

He seems like such an innocent soul. When he's told he's correct, he is childishly pleased with himself. Very humbleing.

[cajunman]

Besides his humble attitude he is helping science by undergoing all sorts of tests and examinations, even brain x-ray. The person is on another level in many ways.

[lindataghon]

AMAZING!   Have you noticed, he has NO conceit or arrogance about his ability'.  He "IS TRULY HUMBLE!"

[kidsyx]

What an amazing and humble man. The fact he even praises people who are basically chidren to him makes him 10x more likable. I'm glad he married and successful now. He deserves it.