Savant Syndrome: Case Studies, Hypotheses, and Implications for Special Education

Savant Syndrome: Case Studies, Hypotheses, and Implications for Special Education

The concept of savant syndrome, encompassing those individuals historically known as "idiot savants", is reviewed. Case studies demonstrating special abilities in the areas of calendar calculating, musical ability, artistic talent, memorization, mathematical skills, mechanical achievement,...

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Veröffentlicht in:Education and training in mental retardation and developmental disabilities 1995-09, Vol.30 (3), p.243-253
Hauptverfasser: Cheatham, Susan Klug, Rucker, Helen N., Polloway, Edward A., Smith, J. David, Lewis, G. William
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Ability
Blind education
Children
Childrens songs
Educational Principles
Edwards syndrome
Elementary Secondary Education
Etiology
Gifted Disabled
Intellectual disability
Mathematics
Mechanical Skills
Memorization
Memory
Mental Retardation
Music
Music psychology
Musical talent
Savant Syndrome
Savants
Sensory Experience
Special education
Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
Talent
Theories
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Zusammenfassung:The concept of savant syndrome, encompassing those individuals historically known as "idiot savants", is reviewed. Case studies demonstrating special abilities in the areas of calendar calculating, musical ability, artistic talent, memorization, mathematical skills, mechanical achievement, and fine sensory discrimination are discussed, as well as proposed hypotheses to explain savant syndrome. Specific attention is given to implications of savant syndrome for special education.
ISSN:1079-3917