소개
로런스 킴 픽(영어: Laurence Kim Peek, 1951년 11월 11일~2009년 12월 19일)은 미국의 사반트 증후군 천재로 영화 《레인 맨》의 실제 모델이다. 메가사반트(영어: megasavant)라는 별명을 가질 정도로 기억력이 매우 좋았다.
Laurence Kim Peek was an American savant. Known as a "megasavant", he had an exceptional memory and exceptional intelligence, but he also experienced social difficulties, possibly resulting from a developmental disability related to congenital brain abnormalities. He was the inspiration for the character Raymond Babbitt in the 1988 movie Rain Man. Although Peek was previously diagnosed with autism, he is now thought to have had FG syndrome.
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