My brilliant brain. Part 2, Make me a genius.

The second in a very informative three-part series looking at people with extraordinary talents which attempts to work out whether they are born with genius or obtain genius through exceptionally hard work. This part features Susan Polgar, the first female chess grand master. However, unlike Mark in the first programme, Susan was not born a genius. Her extraordinary childhood in Hungary made her one. Susan's father, Laszlo Polgar [?] was a trained psychiatrist who had already published a book 'Bringing up Genius', who tested out his theories on his daughter. He had intended teaching her mathematics but she became fascinated by chess and was beating male champions by the age of twelve. The programme looks at the differences between male and female brains, i.e. the use of the right cortex in men which allows them to know how to get from A to B more effectively than women, thus to generally be better chess players. However, her father trained her to be a chess genius by the use of her memory so she is at no gender disadvantage. The programme gives valuable information on how memory works and how all experts use particular memory techniques such as 'chunking.' We also hear about memory disorders such as face blindness.