Rüdiger Gamm

Rüdiger Gamm (* July 10, 1971 in Welzheim in the Rems -Murr-Kreis ) is a German memory and mental coach.

Life

Spent his youth in Gamm Rien resin. He graduated from the high school with a grade point average of 2.8, with mathematics and physics were regarded as his problem subjects. After reading a math book, he discovered his abilities and first learned the square numbers between 1 and 99 by heart. More powers and memorized number products were added and after a week he found that he could count in your head faster than a Reckoner, which occurred on the radio. Gamm was then 21

Since 2005 he has been a lecturer at several schools working groups in the mathematical mental training. He also appeared in international competitions and on TV, for example, in 1994 Wetten, dass. ? and in March 2006 as part of the television documentary expedition to the brain.

On 22 October 2007 he exhibited in Isny an ( unofficial ) world record. He sat in the audience any two digits ( first a "9 " and then an "8" ) and could produce error-free work out the hundredth power of the number 98. On 27 April 2013, won the title of "Germany's super-brain " in the same ZDF program.

Gamm gives seminars as a mental coach. In February 2008, published by Heyne Verlag published his first book Train your brain. The success secrets of a memory artist, which he had co-authored with his partner Alexandra Ehlert.

Skills

His extraordinary accomplishments are primarily in the range of numbers. This is not just about computing in the traditional sense, but also the retention of results with large sets of numbers, which, if required - can be " accessed " - even after many years. For most of his abilities he expects memorized combinations of numbers.

Gamm suffers no obstacles or constraints such as autism or other brain disorders. Allan Snyder, an expert on gifted island, after conducting an investigation that Rüdiger Gamm is not a savant. He has the ability to adapt its computing algorithms new problems. Savants act but more intuitive and can not handle this. However, an enlargement of the lobes of the brain and a greatly thickened corpus callosum was detected in several scientific studies. In addition, it was also demonstrated that it uses brain regions that lie fallow in most people.

Achievements

• "Wetten, dass. " Betting king in 1994 with 84 %
• World Cup Winner Audience Award 2006
• Winner of Germany mastermind 2013