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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823923803321

Autore

Hermelin Beate

Titolo

Bright Splinters of the Mind [[electronic resource] ] : A Personal Story of Research with Autistics Savant/ / Beate Hermelin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, GBR, : Jessica Kingsley Publisher, 2001

Jessica Kingsley Publishers

ISBN

1-84642-701-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (199 p.)

Disciplina

616.89/82

Soggetti

MEDICAL

Autism - Research

Savants (Savant syndrome)

Autistic children

Internal Medicine

Mental Processes

Aptitude

Autistic Disorder

Child Development Disorders, Pervasive

Psychology, Educational

Mental Disorders Diagnosed in Childhood

Psychology, Applied

Mental Disorders

Psychiatric Disorders, Individual

Psychiatry

Health & Biological Sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Outline -- Talent and Intelligence -- Autism and Special Abilities -- Poetry -- Foreign Languages -- Calendar Calculations -- Date Memory -- Numbers -- Drawing -- Pictorial Strategies -- Two Savant Artists -- Musical Memory and Improvisation -- Autism and Savant Ability Revisited -- Subject Index



-- Author Index.