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Daniel “Danny” Tammet (born Daniel Paul Corney; 31 January 1979) is an English writer and savant.His memoir, Born on a Blue Day (2006), is about his early life with Asperger syndrome and savant syndrome, and was named a "Best Book for Young Adults" in 2008 by the American Library Association's Young Adult Library Services magazine. [1]
Co-founded the American Synesthesia Association. [63] [64] Daniel Tammet: Unspecified b. 1979 United Kingdom Author [65] Brendon Urie: Multiple b. 1987 United States Singer [66] Sabrina Vlaškalić: Multiple 1989–2019 Serbia Classical guitarist [67] Solomon Shereshevsky: Fivefold 1886-1958 Russian Empire/Soviet Union Journalist, mnemonist [68 ...
Daniel Tammet wrote a book on his experiences with synesthesia called Born on a Blue Day. [81] Joanne Harris , author of Chocolat , is a synesthete who says she experiences colors as scents. [ 82 ] Her novel Blueeyedboy features various aspects of synesthesia.
Daniel Tammet is a savant with an exceptional memory for numbers. He began to associate numbers with images after experiencing an epileptic seizure at the age of four. [24] Each digit for Tammet has color, shape, and emotion, allowing him to memorize sequences of numbers or perform large calculations within a matter of seconds. [25]
The American Synesthesia Association was created in 1995 by Carol Steen and Patricia Lynne Duffy after discovering, through correspondence with Simon Baron-Cohen, that there were other people in the New York metropolitan area who experienced synesthesia. The ASA was born out of a desire to meet other synesthetes, and to improve communication ...
Grapheme–color synesthesia or colored grapheme synesthesia is a form of synesthesia in which an individual's perception of numerals and letters is associated with the experience of colors. Like all forms of synesthesia, grapheme–color synesthesia is involuntary, consistent and memorable.
Foer discusses how Daniel Tammet's index finger slides around on a table as he performs mental calculations in a documentary; mental multiplication experts and mnemonists that Foer speaks with imply that Tammet's claims, involving synesthetic morphing shapes and colors standing in for complex numerical feats, are questionable.
TRT Holdings is a private holding company based in Dallas, Texas, [1] that owns hotel chain Omni Hotels, Origins Behavioral Healthcare, and many investments in other companies. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was founded in 1989.