There is speculation that his neurons made unusual connections due to the absence of a corpus callosum, which resulted in an increased memory capacity. Peek was born in Salt Lake City, Utah with macrocephaly, damage to the cerebellum, and agenesis of the corpus callosum, a condition in which the bundle of nerves that connects the two hemispheres of the brain is missing in Peek's case, secondary connectors such as the anterior commissure were also missing. Unlike Babbitt, who had autism, Peek probably also had FG syndrome. He was the inspiration for the character of Raymond Babbitt, played by Dustin Hoffman in the movie Rain Man. Known as a "megasavant", he had an exceptional memory, but he also experienced social difficulties, possibly resulting from a developmental disability related to congenital brain abnormalities.
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