Beautiful Minds - Voyage into the Brain

Beautiful Minds: A Voyage Into The Brain, was a 2006 documentary on super-talented savants. Prof. Gerhard Roth of the University of Bremen in Germany, and Dr. Darold Treffert of the University of Wisconsin Medical School in USA introduced savants from different countries. They were Howard Potter, Orlando Serrell, Kim Peek, Matt Savage, Stephen Wiltshire, Temple Grandin, Alonzo Clemons, Christopher Taylor, and Rüdiger Gamm. It has been broadcast in more than 20 countries including Germany, France, Austria, Spain, Switzerland, Italy, Ireland, Sweden, Japan, Hong Kong, Canada, New Zealand, and USA.

The documentary consisted of three episodes:

Episode 1: Memory Masters

Episode 2: The Einstein Effect

Episode 3: The Big Difference

It was produced in 2006 by colourFIELD tell-a-vision, a German company.

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Ended

Original Name

Expedition ins Gehirn

First Air Date

February 20, 2006

Last Air Date

February 22, 2006

Seasons

1

Episodes

3

Language

Production Companies

colourFIELD tell-a-vision

Networks

S01E03

The Big Difference

A Little Matter of Gender: Developmental Differences among Savants Prof. Simon Baron-Cohen, considered one of the world's most competent autism experts, is not afraid of making himself unpopular. Baron-Cohen's findings break with the dogma that men's and women's brains differ only slightly. In his opinion, the operating principle of the extremely male brain can produce geniuses and monsters - and savants.

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