This week we have discussed how the mind organizes knowledge. I am sure that we have all heard stories of people who have fascinating recall abilities, such as Kim Peek, the man that the movie Rainman was based off of. For our group activity this week please search the web for examples of cognitive savants that you find interesting to share with your group. As a group, using what we know about the normal mind, let's try to explain why and how these skills develop. One question you want to discuss is, in the case of these knowledge savants, is there any functioning that appears to be deficient? Another way to put it would be, does there appear to be a trade off for the improved memory or knowledge representation skills? Is there a theme to this trade-off, and what might this theme tell us