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Mental calculators were in great demand in research centers such as CERN before the advent of modern electronic calculators and computers. See, for instance, the 1983 book '' The Great Mental Calculators '', whose introduction was written by Hans Eberstark . Michael O'Boyle, an American Psychologist working in Australia , has recently utilized FMRI scanning of Blood flow during mental operation in prodigies to display startling results. Mathematical prodigies achieve blood flow to parts of the Brain responsible for mathematical operations six to seven times the typical flow. MENTAL CALCULATORS IN FICTION In Dune , specially trained mental calculators known as '' Mentats '' have replaced mechanical computers completely. Several important supporting characters in the novel, namely Piter De Vries and Thufir Hawat , are Mentats. MENTAL CALCULATORS
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