Comments on: Amazing Feats of Memory http://emergentfool.com/2009/05/13/amazing-feats-of-memory/ ...explorations in complex adaptive systems... Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:29:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: danielhorowitz http://emergentfool.com/2009/05/13/amazing-feats-of-memory/#comment-2080 danielhorowitz Tue, 26 May 2009 09:34:33 +0000 http://emergentfool.com/?p=1457#comment-2080 Nat Geo special - http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6378985927858479238 Susan Polgar wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Polgar Fusiform Gyrus wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusiform_gyrus Nat Geo special – http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6378985927858479238

Susan Polgar wikipedia – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Polgar

Fusiform Gyrus wikipedia – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusiform_gyrus

]]> By: danielhorowitz http://emergentfool.com/2009/05/13/amazing-feats-of-memory/#comment-2079 danielhorowitz Tue, 26 May 2009 09:27:43 +0000 http://emergentfool.com/?p=1457#comment-2079 I just caught a Nat Geo special on Susan Polgar, the first female chess grandmaster. At the end of the show they do an fMRI on her and they can't tell a difference between when she is looking at human faces, and when she is seeing chess games she played 30 years ago. The idea is that the tens of thousands of hours of chess learning has partially hijacked and expanded the awesome pattern recognition capabilities of the Fusiform gyrus. The implication is that any specialized learning creates better pattern recognition which may manifest itself as "intuition." (Facial recognition is done in approximately 1/10th of a second.) Separately, I believe that most people with 99th percentile memories are using visual chunking. After all, a picture's worth a thousand words... I just caught a Nat Geo special on Susan Polgar, the first female chess grandmaster. At the end of the show they do an fMRI on her and they can’t tell a difference between when she is looking at human faces, and when she is seeing chess games she played 30 years ago. The idea is that the tens of thousands of hours of chess learning has partially hijacked and expanded the awesome pattern recognition capabilities of the Fusiform gyrus. The implication is that any specialized learning creates better pattern recognition which may manifest itself as “intuition.” (Facial recognition is done in approximately 1/10th of a second.)

Separately, I believe that most people with 99th percentile memories are using visual chunking. After all, a picture’s worth a thousand words…

]]> By: Foldit « The Emergent Fool http://emergentfool.com/2009/05/13/amazing-feats-of-memory/#comment-2078 Foldit « The Emergent Fool Mon, 25 May 2009 16:26:19 +0000 http://emergentfool.com/?p=1457#comment-2078 [...] Game meets biochemistry!  Sounds like the Poehlman kid is the protein-folding equivalent of Stephen Wiltshire.  I love the crowdsourcing, the meta-evolutionary algorithm of it (to find the savants), and the [...] [...] Game meets biochemistry!  Sounds like the Poehlman kid is the protein-folding equivalent of Stephen Wiltshire.  I love the crowdsourcing, the meta-evolutionary algorithm of it (to find the savants), and the [...]

]]> By: John L http://emergentfool.com/2009/05/13/amazing-feats-of-memory/ ...explorations in complex adaptive systems... Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:29:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comments on: Amazing Feats of Memory http://emergentfool.com/2009/05/13/amazing-feats-of-memory/ ...explorations in complex adaptive systems... Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:29:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: danielhorowitz http://emergentfool.com/2009/05/13/amazing-feats-of-memory/#comment-2080 danielhorowitz Tue, 26 May 2009 09:34:33 +0000 http://emergentfool.com/?p=1457#comment-2080 Nat Geo special - http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6378985927858479238 Susan Polgar wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Polgar Fusiform Gyrus wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusiform_gyrus Nat Geo special – http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6378985927858479238

Susan Polgar wikipedia – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Polgar

Fusiform Gyrus wikipedia – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusiform_gyrus

]]> By: danielhorowitz http://emergentfool.com/2009/05/13/amazing-feats-of-memory/#comment-2079 danielhorowitz Tue, 26 May 2009 09:27:43 +0000 http://emergentfool.com/?p=1457#comment-2079 I just caught a Nat Geo special on Susan Polgar, the first female chess grandmaster. At the end of the show they do an fMRI on her and they can't tell a difference between when she is looking at human faces, and when she is seeing chess games she played 30 years ago. The idea is that the tens of thousands of hours of chess learning has partially hijacked and expanded the awesome pattern recognition capabilities of the Fusiform gyrus. The implication is that any specialized learning creates better pattern recognition which may manifest itself as "intuition." (Facial recognition is done in approximately 1/10th of a second.) Separately, I believe that most people with 99th percentile memories are using visual chunking. After all, a picture's worth a thousand words... I just caught a Nat Geo special on Susan Polgar, the first female chess grandmaster. At the end of the show they do an fMRI on her and they can’t tell a difference between when she is looking at human faces, and when she is seeing chess games she played 30 years ago. The idea is that the tens of thousands of hours of chess learning has partially hijacked and expanded the awesome pattern recognition capabilities of the Fusiform gyrus. The implication is that any specialized learning creates better pattern recognition which may manifest itself as “intuition.” (Facial recognition is done in approximately 1/10th of a second.)

Separately, I believe that most people with 99th percentile memories are using visual chunking. After all, a picture’s worth a thousand words…

]]> By: Foldit « The Emergent Fool http://emergentfool.com/2009/05/13/amazing-feats-of-memory/#comment-2078 Foldit « The Emergent Fool Mon, 25 May 2009 16:26:19 +0000 http://emergentfool.com/?p=1457#comment-2078 [...] Game meets biochemistry!  Sounds like the Poehlman kid is the protein-folding equivalent of Stephen Wiltshire.  I love the crowdsourcing, the meta-evolutionary algorithm of it (to find the savants), and the [...] [...] Game meets biochemistry!  Sounds like the Poehlman kid is the protein-folding equivalent of Stephen Wiltshire.  I love the crowdsourcing, the meta-evolutionary algorithm of it (to find the savants), and the [...]

]]> By: John L http://emergentfool.com/2009/05/13/amazing-feats-of-memory/#comment-2080 danielhorowitz Tue, 26 May 2009 09:34:33 +0000 http://emergentfool.com/?p=1457#comment-2080 Nat Geo special - http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6378985927858479238 Susan Polgar wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Polgar Fusiform Gyrus wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusiform_gyrus Nat Geo special – http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6378985927858479238

Susan Polgar wikipedia – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Polgar

Fusiform Gyrus wikipedia – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusiform_gyrus

]]> Comments on: Amazing Feats of Memory http://emergentfool.com/2009/05/13/amazing-feats-of-memory/ ...explorations in complex adaptive systems... Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:29:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: danielhorowitz http://emergentfool.com/2009/05/13/amazing-feats-of-memory/#comment-2080 danielhorowitz Tue, 26 May 2009 09:34:33 +0000 http://emergentfool.com/?p=1457#comment-2080 Nat Geo special - http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6378985927858479238 Susan Polgar wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Polgar Fusiform Gyrus wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusiform_gyrus Nat Geo special – http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6378985927858479238

Susan Polgar wikipedia – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Polgar

Fusiform Gyrus wikipedia – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusiform_gyrus

]]> By: danielhorowitz http://emergentfool.com/2009/05/13/amazing-feats-of-memory/#comment-2079 danielhorowitz Tue, 26 May 2009 09:27:43 +0000 http://emergentfool.com/?p=1457#comment-2079 I just caught a Nat Geo special on Susan Polgar, the first female chess grandmaster. At the end of the show they do an fMRI on her and they can't tell a difference between when she is looking at human faces, and when she is seeing chess games she played 30 years ago. The idea is that the tens of thousands of hours of chess learning has partially hijacked and expanded the awesome pattern recognition capabilities of the Fusiform gyrus. The implication is that any specialized learning creates better pattern recognition which may manifest itself as "intuition." (Facial recognition is done in approximately 1/10th of a second.) Separately, I believe that most people with 99th percentile memories are using visual chunking. After all, a picture's worth a thousand words... I just caught a Nat Geo special on Susan Polgar, the first female chess grandmaster. At the end of the show they do an fMRI on her and they can’t tell a difference between when she is looking at human faces, and when she is seeing chess games she played 30 years ago. The idea is that the tens of thousands of hours of chess learning has partially hijacked and expanded the awesome pattern recognition capabilities of the Fusiform gyrus. The implication is that any specialized learning creates better pattern recognition which may manifest itself as “intuition.” (Facial recognition is done in approximately 1/10th of a second.)

Separately, I believe that most people with 99th percentile memories are using visual chunking. After all, a picture’s worth a thousand words…

]]> By: Foldit « The Emergent Fool http://emergentfool.com/2009/05/13/amazing-feats-of-memory/#comment-2078 Foldit « The Emergent Fool Mon, 25 May 2009 16:26:19 +0000 http://emergentfool.com/?p=1457#comment-2078 [...] Game meets biochemistry!  Sounds like the Poehlman kid is the protein-folding equivalent of Stephen Wiltshire.  I love the crowdsourcing, the meta-evolutionary algorithm of it (to find the savants), and the [...] [...] Game meets biochemistry!  Sounds like the Poehlman kid is the protein-folding equivalent of Stephen Wiltshire.  I love the crowdsourcing, the meta-evolutionary algorithm of it (to find the savants), and the [...]

]]> By: John L http://emergentfool.com/2009/05/13/amazing-feats-of-memory/#comment-2079 danielhorowitz Tue, 26 May 2009 09:27:43 +0000 http://emergentfool.com/?p=1457#comment-2079 I just caught a Nat Geo special on Susan Polgar, the first female chess grandmaster. At the end of the show they do an fMRI on her and they can't tell a difference between when she is looking at human faces, and when she is seeing chess games she played 30 years ago. The idea is that the tens of thousands of hours of chess learning has partially hijacked and expanded the awesome pattern recognition capabilities of the Fusiform gyrus. The implication is that any specialized learning creates better pattern recognition which may manifest itself as "intuition." (Facial recognition is done in approximately 1/10th of a second.) Separately, I believe that most people with 99th percentile memories are using visual chunking. After all, a picture's worth a thousand words... I just caught a Nat Geo special on Susan Polgar, the first female chess grandmaster. At the end of the show they do an fMRI on her and they can’t tell a difference between when she is looking at human faces, and when she is seeing chess games she played 30 years ago. The idea is that the tens of thousands of hours of chess learning has partially hijacked and expanded the awesome pattern recognition capabilities of the Fusiform gyrus. The implication is that any specialized learning creates better pattern recognition which may manifest itself as “intuition.” (Facial recognition is done in approximately 1/10th of a second.)

Separately, I believe that most people with 99th percentile memories are using visual chunking. After all, a picture’s worth a thousand words…

]]> Comments on: Amazing Feats of Memory http://emergentfool.com/2009/05/13/amazing-feats-of-memory/ ...explorations in complex adaptive systems... Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:29:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: danielhorowitz http://emergentfool.com/2009/05/13/amazing-feats-of-memory/#comment-2080 danielhorowitz Tue, 26 May 2009 09:34:33 +0000 http://emergentfool.com/?p=1457#comment-2080 Nat Geo special - http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6378985927858479238 Susan Polgar wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Polgar Fusiform Gyrus wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusiform_gyrus Nat Geo special – http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6378985927858479238

Susan Polgar wikipedia – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Polgar

Fusiform Gyrus wikipedia – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusiform_gyrus

]]> By: danielhorowitz http://emergentfool.com/2009/05/13/amazing-feats-of-memory/#comment-2079 danielhorowitz Tue, 26 May 2009 09:27:43 +0000 http://emergentfool.com/?p=1457#comment-2079 I just caught a Nat Geo special on Susan Polgar, the first female chess grandmaster. At the end of the show they do an fMRI on her and they can't tell a difference between when she is looking at human faces, and when she is seeing chess games she played 30 years ago. The idea is that the tens of thousands of hours of chess learning has partially hijacked and expanded the awesome pattern recognition capabilities of the Fusiform gyrus. The implication is that any specialized learning creates better pattern recognition which may manifest itself as "intuition." (Facial recognition is done in approximately 1/10th of a second.) Separately, I believe that most people with 99th percentile memories are using visual chunking. After all, a picture's worth a thousand words... I just caught a Nat Geo special on Susan Polgar, the first female chess grandmaster. At the end of the show they do an fMRI on her and they can’t tell a difference between when she is looking at human faces, and when she is seeing chess games she played 30 years ago. The idea is that the tens of thousands of hours of chess learning has partially hijacked and expanded the awesome pattern recognition capabilities of the Fusiform gyrus. The implication is that any specialized learning creates better pattern recognition which may manifest itself as “intuition.” (Facial recognition is done in approximately 1/10th of a second.)

Separately, I believe that most people with 99th percentile memories are using visual chunking. After all, a picture’s worth a thousand words…

]]> By: Foldit « The Emergent Fool http://emergentfool.com/2009/05/13/amazing-feats-of-memory/#comment-2078 Foldit « The Emergent Fool Mon, 25 May 2009 16:26:19 +0000 http://emergentfool.com/?p=1457#comment-2078 [...] Game meets biochemistry!  Sounds like the Poehlman kid is the protein-folding equivalent of Stephen Wiltshire.  I love the crowdsourcing, the meta-evolutionary algorithm of it (to find the savants), and the [...] [...] Game meets biochemistry!  Sounds like the Poehlman kid is the protein-folding equivalent of Stephen Wiltshire.  I love the crowdsourcing, the meta-evolutionary algorithm of it (to find the savants), and the [...]

]]> By: John L http://emergentfool.com/2009/05/13/amazing-feats-of-memory/#comment-2078 Foldit « The Emergent Fool Mon, 25 May 2009 16:26:19 +0000 http://emergentfool.com/?p=1457#comment-2078 [...] Game meets biochemistry!  Sounds like the Poehlman kid is the protein-folding equivalent of Stephen Wiltshire.  I love the crowdsourcing, the meta-evolutionary algorithm of it (to find the savants), and the [...] [...] Game meets biochemistry!  Sounds like the Poehlman kid is the protein-folding equivalent of Stephen Wiltshire.  I love the crowdsourcing, the meta-evolutionary algorithm of it (to find the savants), and the [...]

]]> Comments on: Amazing Feats of Memory http://emergentfool.com/2009/05/13/amazing-feats-of-memory/ ...explorations in complex adaptive systems... Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:29:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: danielhorowitz http://emergentfool.com/2009/05/13/amazing-feats-of-memory/#comment-2080 danielhorowitz Tue, 26 May 2009 09:34:33 +0000 http://emergentfool.com/?p=1457#comment-2080 Nat Geo special - http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6378985927858479238 Susan Polgar wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Polgar Fusiform Gyrus wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusiform_gyrus Nat Geo special – http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6378985927858479238

Susan Polgar wikipedia – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Polgar

Fusiform Gyrus wikipedia – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusiform_gyrus

]]> By: danielhorowitz http://emergentfool.com/2009/05/13/amazing-feats-of-memory/#comment-2079 danielhorowitz Tue, 26 May 2009 09:27:43 +0000 http://emergentfool.com/?p=1457#comment-2079 I just caught a Nat Geo special on Susan Polgar, the first female chess grandmaster. At the end of the show they do an fMRI on her and they can't tell a difference between when she is looking at human faces, and when she is seeing chess games she played 30 years ago. The idea is that the tens of thousands of hours of chess learning has partially hijacked and expanded the awesome pattern recognition capabilities of the Fusiform gyrus. The implication is that any specialized learning creates better pattern recognition which may manifest itself as "intuition." (Facial recognition is done in approximately 1/10th of a second.) Separately, I believe that most people with 99th percentile memories are using visual chunking. After all, a picture's worth a thousand words... I just caught a Nat Geo special on Susan Polgar, the first female chess grandmaster. At the end of the show they do an fMRI on her and they can’t tell a difference between when she is looking at human faces, and when she is seeing chess games she played 30 years ago. The idea is that the tens of thousands of hours of chess learning has partially hijacked and expanded the awesome pattern recognition capabilities of the Fusiform gyrus. The implication is that any specialized learning creates better pattern recognition which may manifest itself as “intuition.” (Facial recognition is done in approximately 1/10th of a second.)

Separately, I believe that most people with 99th percentile memories are using visual chunking. After all, a picture’s worth a thousand words…

]]> By: Foldit « The Emergent Fool http://emergentfool.com/2009/05/13/amazing-feats-of-memory/#comment-2078 Foldit « The Emergent Fool Mon, 25 May 2009 16:26:19 +0000 http://emergentfool.com/?p=1457#comment-2078 [...] Game meets biochemistry!  Sounds like the Poehlman kid is the protein-folding equivalent of Stephen Wiltshire.  I love the crowdsourcing, the meta-evolutionary algorithm of it (to find the savants), and the [...] [...] Game meets biochemistry!  Sounds like the Poehlman kid is the protein-folding equivalent of Stephen Wiltshire.  I love the crowdsourcing, the meta-evolutionary algorithm of it (to find the savants), and the [...]

]]> By: John L http://emergentfool.com/2009/05/13/amazing-feats-of-memory/#comment-2077 John L Thu, 14 May 2009 18:53:38 +0000 http://emergentfool.com/?p=1457#comment-2077 Rafe, I've been following Stephen Wiltshire for years. What an amazing gift. I had to look up the word "eidetically" and agree that Stephen is an amazing example of both the ability to remember AND the ability to artistically recreate. Rafe, I’ve been following Stephen Wiltshire for years. What an amazing gift. I had to look up the word “eidetically” and agree that Stephen is an amazing example of both the ability to remember AND the ability to artistically recreate.

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