02383nam 22005654a 450 991095979340332120251117115800.01-84642-701-0(CKB)1000000000001060(OCoLC)70764011(CaPaEBR)ebrary10015174(SSID)ssj0000277485(PQKBManifestationID)11206679(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000277485(PQKBWorkID)10234702(PQKB)10900829(MiAaPQ)EBC3015863(BIP)35546484(BIP)7010429(EXLCZ)99100000000000106020010129d2001 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrBright splinters of the mind a personal story of research with autistic savants /Beate Hermelin ; foreword by Michael Rutter1st ed.London ;Philadelphia J. Kingsley20011 online resource (199 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-85302-932-7 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.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.Drawing on 20 years of research, Hermelin describes not just what autistic savants do, but how they do it. In her fascinating and highly informative book she describes her investigations into the nature of the talents of savants who are gifted at poetry, foreign language acquisition, the visual arts, music, and calendar and numerical calculations.AutismResearchAutistic childrenCase studiesSavants (Savant syndrome)Case studiesAutismResearch.Autistic childrenSavants (Savant syndrome)616.89/82Hermelin Beate170038MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910959793403321Bright splinters of the mind4467063UNINA