Daniel Tammet: Different ways of knowing (TED)

Original website : TED.com
http://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_tammet_different_ways_of_knowing.html

About this talk :
Daniel Tammet has linguistic, numerical and visual synesthesia -- meaning that his perception of words, numbers and colors are woven together into a new way of perceiving and understanding the world. The author of "Born on a Blue Day," Tammet shares his art and his passion for languages in this glimpse into his beautiful mind.
About Daniel Tammet
Daniel Tammet is the author of "Born on a Blue Day," about his life with high-functioning autistic savant syndrome. He runs the language-learning site Optimnem, and his new book is "Embracing the Wide Sky: A Tour Across the Horizons of the Mind."

Full biography :
http://www.ted.com/speakers/daniel_tammet.html

External links : Home: optimnem.co.uk : http://www.optimnem.co.uk/about.php

Video source file :
http://video.ted.com/talk/podcast/2011/None/DanielTammet_2011-480p.mp4

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