Inside the mind of an autistic savant - interview with Daniel Tammet

Updated 13 August 2009

Brief and interesting interview with autistic savant Daniel Tammet in the 7/1/2009 New Scientist in which Tammet explains how he thinks he learns, and in which he takes issue with Oliver Sacks's explanation of savantism in The Twins - part of The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat And Other Clinical Tales. Tammet's Embracing the Wide Sky: A tour across the horizons of the human mind is out soonnow and reviewed by Donald Clark here. Tammet's blog.