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	Kim Peek - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kim Peek (born November 11, 1951) is a savant with a photographic or eidetic memory and developmental disabilities, resulting from congenital brain abnormalities.
		Kim Peek was born with macrocephaly, damage to the cerebellum, and, most importantly, agenesis of the corpus callosum, a condition in which the bundle of nerves that connects the two hemispheres of the brain is missing; in Peek's case, secondary connectors such as the anterior commissure are also missing.
		Peek did not walk until the age of four and still walks in a sidelong manner.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kim_Peek (952 words)

	Kim Peek - The Real Rain Man
		While Kim Peek served as the initial inspiration for the story, Raymond Babbitt, as portrayed so admirably by Dustin Hoffman, is a composite savant with abilities drawn from a number of different real life individuals.
		Kim Peek was born on November 11, 1951.
		Kim and his father continue to travel throughout the United States and Canada with the mission and purpose to inform persons about savant syndrome, and to share Kim's message of inspiration.
	users.lk.net /~stepanov/mnemo/kimpeeke.html (1141 words)

	Wisconsin Medical Society - Savant Profile, Kim Peek
		Kim Peek's travels and media appearances are expanding as rapidly as his already extraordinary mind and memory are expanding as well.
		Kim shows not only increasing comprehension of what he has so extraordinarily put on his mind's hard drive, he demonstrates as well an increasing quick wit, humor and ability to make puns, the latter being very clever and sometimes taking a fair amount of time for those around Kim (including me) to catch the connection.
		Kim continues to make a number of national presentations, but he and his Dad also make many local presentations to detention centers, nursing homes, schools and other places where Kim's message about accepting diversity and differentness is always well received along with the inspiring impact that Kim's remarkable abilities themselves leave on all his audiences.
	www.wisconsinmedicalsociety.org /savant/kimpeek.cfm (2268 words)

	University Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Kim Peek, the man who was the inspiration for the 1988 Oscar-winning movie Rainman, spoke at a luncheon in the Foundation conference room on May 28.
		Kim, born with fetal brain damage, was diagnosed as a megasavant.
		The Peeks have set a goal to bring their message of respect for the differences in others to all in the U.S. Those who attend Kim Peek's speaking engagements are amazed as he quotes complete books, but they are also taken by his warmth and charm.
	www.csufresno.edu /journal/vol3/712/rainman.html (237 words)

	Real 'Rain Man' touches hearts in Butler
		Kim Peek was born with an enlarged brain that is missing a corpus callosum, the tissue-thin bridge that links the brain's left and right hemisphere and filters out unneeded information.
		Kim Peek and his father, who live in Utah, travel around the country to deliver what has become the younger Peek's mission statement: "Learning to recognize and to respect differences in others and treating them like you want them to treat you will bring the peace and joy we all hope for.
		Peek went on to recall that a mountain in Australia is named after the general as well as a county in Mississippi and a museum in Philadelphia.
	www.post-gazette.com /neigh_north/20030928nlife0928p2.asp (1767 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Science \| Nasa tries to figure out real-life Rain Man's brain
		Now studies of Peek's abilities are being used by scientists to shed intriguing light on the human mind, and to open the way for men and women to exploit far more of their intellectual potential, as the latest issue of Scientific American reveals.
		Kim - now 54 - was born with a malformed cerebellum, at the base of his brain, and lacks a corpus callosum, the thick bundle of nerves that normally connects the brain's two hemispheres.
		Kim has poor physical co-ordination, cannot button his shirts but has remarkable memory power and has started to develop as an accomplished pianist in the last two years.
	www.guardian.co.uk /science/story/0,3605,1664652,00.html (590 words)

	SPACE.com -- NASA Studying 'Rain Man's' Brain
		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.
		When Kim Peek was born, doctors found a water blister on the right side of his skull, similar to hydrocephalus.
		Kim Peek was the model author Barrow Morrow used for the original "Rain Man" script and screenplay, but the final product retained only a small part of the original story.
	www.space.com /scienceastronomy/nasa_peek_041108.html (545 words)

	The real 'Rain Man' delivers memorable message
		Kim Peek, the original Rain Man, hugged his way across Pittsburgh yesterday, dazzling strangers with an elephantine memory and reminding them to do something humankind has heard for millennia but still hasn't memorized: Be kind to each other.
		Fran Peek is 74, and the extent to which he has become the other half of Kim's colossal brain is apparent to all he meets.
		The elder Peek makes sure his son is clean and dressed, protects him from such slights of the world as he can, and provides the reasoning where Kim churns out bulk fact.
	www.post-gazette.com /regionstate/20000709rainman1.asp (858 words)

	'Rain Man,' addresses ARC of Westmoreland - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
		Fran Peek's son, Kim, was 9 months old when a doctor told him and his wife that their baby was mentally retarded and that they should put him in an institution and get on with their lives.
		Kim Peek was born Nov. 11, 1951, with an enlarged skull and a bulge on part of his head.
		Morrow met Kim Peek and was astounded with his knowledge and memory, abilities that categorize him as a megasavant.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/s_190026.html (1004 words)

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		Kim Peek was born November 11th, 1951, to Jeanne and Fran Peek.
		At birth, the doctors discovered that Kim was born with a encephalocele, which is a congenital condition characterized by a herniation of the brain through a fissure in the skull.
		A later MRI also showed that Kim was born without a corpus callosum (the connecting tissue between the left and right hemispheres of the brain) as well as an absent anterior commisure, and damage to the cerebellum.
	ahs.uwaterloo.ca /~megoddar/kimpeek.html (940 words)

	deseretnews.com \| NASA scientists taking a peek at Utahn's brain
		In the past 16 years, Peek, now 53, has charmed and enthralled scientists and students, parents and politicians — 2.3 million in all in the course of public appearances that have taken him all over the country, often for days at a time.
		Not only are Peek's brain and his abilities unique, noted Richard D. Boyle, director of the center, but the fact that he seems to be getting smarter in his specialty areas as he ages in unexpected, too.
		The woman's son told Peek where she was from and he started listing the roads and the boat harbor, the lake, the picnic spot, the businesses that line the street, memorized from old phone books of her era.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,595103605,00.html (951 words)

	Kim Peek (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Kim Peek was born November 11 1951 with an enlarged head and missing corpus callosum corpus callosum quick summary:
		Peek has worked at a day workshop for adults with disabilities since 1969.
		Peek can also do calculations in his head; in his day job he has prepared information from worksheets for paychecks.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/k/ki/kim_peek.htm (778 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Savant Peek at the U. today
		A real-life "Rain Man" — Kim Peek of Murray — is alive and well and still effortlessly acting like walking sets of encyclopedias, world almanacs, history books and more, 16 years after the Hollywood "Rain Man" movie premiered.
		Peek's nickname at UCLA, where some tests were conducted on him, was "Computer." Indeed, he is like an Internet search engine with only two to three seconds of lag time.
		Peek spends much of an average day reading, he watches some television and goes to the library regularly.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,595047182,00.html (620 words)

	Kim Peek - TheBestLinks.com - November 11, United States, 1951, Dustin Hoffman, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Kim Peek, November 11, United States, 1951, Dustin Hoffman, Cerebellum...
		Kim Peek was born November 11 1951 with an enlarged head and missing corpus callosum, the connecting tissue between the brain hemispheres, damage to the cerebellum and no anterior commissure.
		Peek has memorized lots of random information including telephone directories and sports trivia to geographical and historical details and calendar calculations.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Kim_Peek.html (270 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on The Real Rain Man: Kim Peek at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The story of Kim Peek - The Real Rain Man on one level is the story of the human brain in all of its complex glory.
		Kim is described in his biography more accurately as a mega-savant.
		Peek share many of the adventures he has had with Kim over the years.
	www.epinions.com /content_192864685700 (764 words)

	Rocklin Placer Herald : Arts And Entertainment
		Peek proceeded to tell him what roads and highways went in and out of his town, the zip code and area code, all the TV stations received in the area, their corresponding channel numbers, and who residents pay their phone bill to.
		Peek even knew when Minnesota became a state and on what day of the week it was.
		Peek is currently working with NASA's artificial intelligence department, in which scientists are trying to recreate a 3-dimensional replica of Kim's brain.
	www.placerherald.com /articles/2005/02/08/news/arts_and_entertainment/01rainman.txt (505 words)

	The Kingdom: Salute Kim Peek, the smartest man in the world (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Kim is an expert in at least 15 different subjects, including history, geography and sport.
		Kim Peek was born in 1951 and he was different from the start.
		Kim told her on the spot: “It was a Sunday, this year it will be a Thursday and you retire in 2033, also a Thursday”.
	www.the-kingdom.ie /news/story.asp?j=16441 (484 words)

	peek: University of Utah News Release: March 3, 2004
		March 3, 2004 -- Kim Peek, the mega savant, who inspired the movie "Rain Man", will be coming to the Utah Museum of Natural History in conjunction with the Memory Exhibit, currently on display from the Exploratorium in San Francisco.
		Peek will speak on Friday, March 5 at 2:00 pm and again on Saturday, March 6 at 1:00 pm.
		U of U students, faculty and staff get in free with a current school I.D. Kim Peek was the inspiration for Barry Morrow's Academy Award winning movie, “Rain Man.” Not autistic (as was Dustin Hoffman's portrayal), Kim is a unique mega savant.
	www.utah.edu /news/releases/04/mar/peek.html (313 words)

	kim peek, the rain man - Amidst a tangled web
		I recently had the privilege of meeting Kim Peek, the inspiration for Dustin Hoffman’s character in the movie Rainman.
		I later asked him what the zip code of our small town was and although he missed the last three digits (but got the first two correct) he was able to give the names of roads and places in the surrounding area as if he had lived there for years.
		Kim was truly a pleasure to interact with and meet.
	dan.hersam.com /archives/2005/05/03/kim-peek-the-rain-man (710 words)

	the real rain man \| extraordinary people \| five.tv
		Fifty-four-year-old Kim Peek is arguably the world's most famous savant and the inspiration behind the Oscar-winning film, Rain Man. He was diagnosed as mentally retarded at birth by a neurologist who spared him five minutes on his way to a golf game, and his parents were advised to place him in an institution.
		The programme follows Kim and Fran as they leave their home town in an effort to find out everything they can about Kim's remarkable brain while they are still together.
		One of his favourite tricks is to ask someone for their date of birth, and then reel off the days of the week on which they were born, have their birthday this year, and will turn 65 and retire.
	www.five.tv /programmes/extraordinarypeople/rainman (572 words)

	Untitled Document
		Everything Kim read from the age of 3, he retained, nothing was forgotten, he was able to read two pages of a book at once, one with each eye, and he was also able to read upside down and mirror image writing with equal ease.
		Kim’s extraordinary mental abilities were only truly appreciated after TV and film screenwriter Barry Morrow interviewed Kim for a film he was researching.
		Kim goes on road shows around America, visiting schools, rotary clubs and universities to demonstrate as his father Fran Peek puts it: “ that its OK to be handicapped”.
	www.focusproductions.co.uk /Real_Rainman_Text.html (974 words)

	BYU NewsNet - 'Rain Man' visits BYU (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Peek is a megasavant, a mentally handicapped person who possesses a remarkable aptitude for memorization and rapid mental calculation.
		Peek was born with his brain one-third larger than normal size.
		Fran Peek said his son would tell the tutors that it was easier to start in the back of a book and work forward.
	nn.byu.edu /story.cfm/58925 (413 words)

	Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System (Lifeline)
		Kim Peek, now 53 years old, was screenwriter Barry Morrow’s inspiration for the Oscar-winning film, Rain Man. While Dustin Hoffman played the role of an adult with autism, Kim is not autistic, he’s a megasavant.
		Kim, his father Fran and Barry Morrow were speakers at the Rotary International District 5230 conference at the Hyatt Regency in Monterey.
		When Kim and the group entered the hospital, he asked which building they were in and then announced, “This hospital was opened in 1953 by a man who grew lettuce,” speaking of Bruce Church, one of the hospitals founders.
	www.svmh.com /pressroom/lifeline/2005_spring/page6.html (568 words)

	USATODAY.com - NASA studies mega-savant Peek's brain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		SALT LAKE CITY (AP) NASA scientists are studying autistic savant Kim Peek, hoping that technology used to study the effects of space travel on the brain will help explain his mental capabilities.
		Last week, researchers had Peek — who was the basis for Dustin Hoffman's character in the 1988 film Rain Man— undergo a series of tests including computerized tomography and magnetic resonance imaging, the results of which will be melded to create a three-dimensional look at his brain structure.
		Not only are Peek's brain and his abilities unique, noted Richard Boyle, director of the California center performing the scans, but that he seems to be getting smarter in his specialty areas as he ages is unexpected.
	www.usatoday.com /tech/science/2004-11-08-nasa-rain-man_x.htm (590 words)

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		In the case of Kim Peek, memory is itself the skill.
		The psychological report concluded, therefore, that "Kim's IQ classification is not a valid description of his intellectual ability."The "general intelligence" versus "multiple intelligences" debate rages on in psychology..
		Kim's overall diagnosis was "developmental disorder not otherwise specified," with no diagnosis of autistic disorder.
	condition.org /sa5c.htm (2623 words)

	The Rain Man visits - PittsburghLIVE.com
		Peek, a mega-savant and the inspiration for the 1988 movie "Rain Man," starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise, and his father Fran Peek travel two to three weeks a month talking to groups in order to help people recognize and respect the differences in others.
		According to Fran Peek, a human brain has a right and left hemisphere connected by the corpus colostrum, but his son on the other hand does not have a right and left hemisphere.
		Since the release of the movie "Rain Man," Kim Peek and his father, from Murray, Utah, spend an average of two to three weeks a month traveling around the country and speaking to groups.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/dailycourier/news/s_185329.html (778 words)

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