Ingenious Minds

Summary Genius can be both a blessing and a curse. This real-life exploration into the world of exceptional yet troubled individuals will ask the question, "How do they do it?" and through cutting-edge neuroscience attempt to find the answers. Individuals such as Temple Grandin, George Widener and Alonzo Clemens inspire the world with their unique abilities, but sometimes at the cost of their own personal happiness. Scientists will embark on a journey towards understanding the underlying brain mechanisms that can give rise to their remarkable gifts despite significant neurological dysfunction. Each episode we will meet a uniquely talented individual living with some chronic disability whose daily life can either be awe-inspiring or crippling at any given moment. View more details

Ingenious Minds

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Temple Grandin Robert Gagno Rex Lewis-Clack Jon Sarkin

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : Sep 7, 2024

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Production companies : Screaming Flea Productions Discovery Science Channel

Summary Genius can be both a blessing and a curse. This real-life exploration into the world of exceptional yet troubled individuals will ask the question, "How do they do it?" and through cutting-edge neuroscience attempt to find the answers. Individuals such as Temple Grandin, George Widener and Alonzo Clemens inspire the world with their unique abilities, but sometimes at the cost of their own personal happiness. Scientists will embark on a journey towards understanding the underlying brain mechanisms that can give rise to their remarkable gifts despite significant neurological dysfunction. Each episode we will meet a uniquely talented individual living with some chronic disability whose daily life can either be awe-inspiring or crippling at any given moment. View more details

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Sep 7, 2024

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Production companies : Screaming Flea Productions Discovery Science Channel

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Dec 12, 2010
Jon Sarkin
Jon Sarkin the Accidental Artist Some people spend years looking for their creative spark. On one fateful day, Jon Sarkin found his in the most unlikely of places when a brain aneurism turned this former chiropractor into one of the world's most prolific painters. Using advanced neuro-imaging, scientists will attempt to understand how damage to his cerebellum turned Jon into a sudden savant.
Dec 12, 2010
Rex Lewis-Clack
Rex Lewis-Clack: Boy with the musical mind Born blind, severely autistic and unable to perform life's most basic tasks, 15 year-old Rex Lewis-Clack can rival well-known classical pianists. Considered a prodigious savant, his ability to memorize and replicate complicated scores after hearing them once has the world in awe. Neuro-science will attempt to explain how this boy's incredible gift can live alongside such profound disability and offer insights into the nature of the creative mind.
Dec 31, 1969
Alonzo Clemons
Dec 31, 1969
Derek Amato
Dec 31, 1969
George Widener
Dec 31, 1969
John Robison
Dec 31, 1969
Robert Gagno
Dec 31, 1969
Temple Grandin
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