LEADER 02383nam 22005654a 450 001 9910959793403321 005 20251117115800.0 010 $a1-84642-701-0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000001060 035 $a(OCoLC)70764011 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10015174 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000277485 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11206679 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000277485 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10234702 035 $a(PQKB)10900829 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3015863 035 $a(BIP)35546484 035 $a(BIP)7010429 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000001060 100 $a20010129d2001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBright splinters of the mind $ea personal story of research with autistic savants /$fBeate Hermelin ; foreword by Michael Rutter 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon ;$aPhiladelphia $cJ. Kingsley$d2001 215 $a1 online resource (199 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a1-85302-932-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aIntro -- 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. 330 $aDrawing 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. 606 $aAutism$xResearch 606 $aAutistic children$vCase studies 606 $aSavants (Savant syndrome)$vCase studies 615 0$aAutism$xResearch. 615 0$aAutistic children 615 0$aSavants (Savant syndrome) 676 $a616.89/82 700 $aHermelin$b Beate$0170038 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910959793403321 996 $aBright splinters of the mind$94467063 997 $aUNINA