Savants, Segments, Art and Autism
This study describes two experiments which investigate pattern construction by graphically gifted, autistic savants. We explore whether the notion of weak central coherence in autism might be extended to account for the relatively high frequency of savants among the autistic population. We also sugg...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of child psychology and psychiatry 1995-09, Vol.36 (6), p.1065-1076 |
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Zusammenfassung: | This study describes two experiments which investigate pattern construction by graphically gifted, autistic savants. We explore whether the notion of weak central coherence in autism might be extended to account for the relatively high frequency of savants among the autistic population. We also suggest that an awareness of constituent segments in wholes may be relevant to artistic talent in general. |
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ISSN: | 0021-9630 1469-7610 |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1995.tb01351.x |