In part 3 of My Brilliant Brain, the documentary features Hungarian-born Chess Grandmaster Susan Polgar – the first woman to break the gender barrier in a formerly male-dominated game. At the age of 4, Susan was an ordinary child with no remarkable genius abilities....
Accidental Genius In part 2 of My Brilliant Brain, the documentary features two “accidental geniuses”: George Widener – a prodigious savant with amazing skills in calendar calculating and art; and Tommy McHugh – the victim of a stroke who recovered and discovered his...
In a bid to understand more about giftedness, brain development, the role of nature and nurture, I bought the documentary from National Geographic: My Brilliant Brain – Unlocking Some of the Brain’s Biggest Mysteries. The DVD set comes with two DVDs: My Brilliant...
Lisa’s mom sighed. Today, the family was supposed to visit Lisa’s favourite cousins. Lisa had been looking forward to the trip very much. Unfortunately, Lisa’s grandmother was coming to visit today at the last minute. The issue was not the...
“I thought you did well but I didn’t really understand what you meant by that sentence. Maybe you can elaborate on it?” “What do you mean when you said you don’t understand it? I thought you can see that the teacher is against me....
