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Treffert, Darold A. "The Savant Syndrome and Autistic Disorder." CNS Spectrums 4, no. 12 (1999): 57–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1092852900006830.

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AbstractSavant syndrome, characterized by remarkable islands of mental ability in otherwise mentally handicapped persons, may occur in autistic as well as nonautislic individuals. Overall, approximately 10% of autistic persons exhibit savant abilities; roughly 50% of those with savant syndrome have autism, and the remaining 50% have other forms of developmental disability. Most commonly, savant syndrome takes the form of extraordinary musical abilities, but may also include calendar-calculation, artistic, mathematical, spatial, mechanical, and memory skills. While savant syndrome was first described more than a century ago, only recently have researchers begun to employ a more uniform nomenclature and more standardized testing in an effort to compare the abilities of savants with those of normal persons. Males show signs of savant syndrome approximately four times more often than females. Along with imaging study findings, this fact suggests the presence of a developmental disorder involving left-brain damage with right-brain compensation.
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Moriarty, J., H. A. Ring, and M. M. Robertson. "An idiot savant calendrical calculator with Gilles de la Tourette syndrome: implications for an understanding of the savant syndrome." Psychological Medicine 23, no. 4 (1993): 1019–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0033291700026477.

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SynopsisWe describe the existence of the savant syndrome in association with Gilles de la Tourette's Syndrome (GTS). The presentation of savant abilities is typical of that previously described. Similarities between autism, the disorder most characteristically associated with savants, and GTS in terms of obsessionality are noted. Previously reported psychological studies of autistic savants are briefly reviewed and, together with evidence from neuroimaging in GTS, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), and autism, used to support a model of the underpinnings of savant skills.
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O'Connor, Neil, and Beate Hermelin. "Talents and preoccupations in idiots-savants." Psychological Medicine 21, no. 4 (1991): 959–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0033291700029949.

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SYNOPSISThe question was asked whether a diagnosis of autism or a tendency to repetitive behaviour and preoccupation with a restricted area of interest, were crucial features of idiot-savant talents. Answers by caretakers to a questionnaire on these topics revealed that autistic and non-autistic savants resembled each other closely in preoccupation but differed from controls matched for IQ and diagnosis. In addition, the mentally handicapped showed fewer repetitive tendencies than did autistic controls. It is concluded that independent of diagnosis, preoccupations and repetitive behaviour appear to be closely associated with the manifestation of idiot-savant talents.
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Moyer, Erik. "Autistic Savant, Hold the Savant." Literary Imagination 26, no. 1 (2024): 76. https://doi.org/10.1353/lim.2024.a941632.

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Sah, Vijay Kumar. "Preliminary Study in Children with Autistic Savant Syndrome." Journal of Nobel Medical College 3, no. 1 (2015): 20–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jonmc.v3i1.12232.

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Background: Savant syndrome, characterized by remarkable islands of mental ability in otherwise mentally handicapped persons, may occur in autistic as well as non autistic individuals. Overall, approximately 10% of autistic persons exhibit savant abilities. Savant skills are typically confined to five areas: art, music, calendar calculating, mathematics and mechanical/spatial skills. Methods: Data taken from the third affiliated hospital of Sun Yat- Sen university from December 09, 2008 to September 08, 2009. We have analyzed 885 cases, among them 725 were with autistic disorder and 160 were of Mental retardation. Total subjects enrolled were altogether 48; Male 45, Female 3 with mean and SD of age 7.08 ± 2.31 years. Number of savant skills in children group includes 11 Autism, 10 HFA, 26 AS, 1 MR. Results: Approximately one in thirteen (7%) of children with autistic disorder had savant skills in our study. Approximately less than 1% of children with developmental disability, mental retardation had savant skills in our study. Overall, many more males showed some form of savant skill. Artistic skill is one of the most common savant skills seen in autistic children. The socioeconomic status of the parents of autistic children was relatively high. Conclusions: We thus conclude that autism (or autistic traits) and savant skills are inextricably linked and we should therefore look to autism in our quest to solve the puzzle of the savant syndrome.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jonmc.v3i1.12232Journal of Nobel Medical CollegeVol. 3, No.1 Issue 6, 2014, Page: 20-25
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Lim, Boon Hock, and Kok Hwee Chia. "A psycho-educational evaluation and profiling of a male crypto-savant with non-verbal low-functioning autism." International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development 4, no. 6 (2017): 396–410. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15224357.

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Severely neurologically impaired individuals, who manifest islets of remarkable skills in specific areas of interest (e.g., drawing, sculpturing, painting, music, memory feats, arithmetic and calendar calculations), are often identified or described as savants. Initially, the term idiot savant – a French term that means unlearned (idiot) skill (savant) – was first used by down (1887) to describe such individuals with very poor general ability, who were unable to live independently on their own but possessed fantastic abilities in specific areas. An estimated prevalence of savantism in the autistic population is 10 percent, whereas the prevalence in the non-autistic population is less than 1 percent. In this paper, the authors have chosen to delve on the psychoeducational diagnostic evaluation and profiling of a crypto-savant (or hidden savant) boy (YY) with non-verbal low-functioning autism that they have observed, assessed and worked with. 
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Heaton, Pamela. "Assessing musical skills in autistic children who are not savants." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 364, no. 1522 (2009): 1443–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2008.0327.

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Descriptions of autistic musical savants suggest that they possess extraordinary skills within the domain. However, until recently little was known about the musical skills and potential of individuals with autism who are not savants. The results from these more recent studies investigating music perception, cognition and learning in musically untrained children with autism have revealed a pattern of abilities that are either enhanced or spared. For example, increased sensitivity to musical pitch and timbre is frequently observed, and studies investigating perception of musical structure and emotions have consistently failed to reveal deficits in autism. While the phenomenon of the savant syndrome is of considerable theoretical interest, it may have led to an under-consideration of the potential talents and skills of that vast majority of autistic individuals, who do not meet savant criteria. Data from empirical studies show that many autistic children possess musical potential that can and should be developed.
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Snyder, Allan. "Explaining and inducing savant skills: privileged access to lower level, less-processed information." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 364, no. 1522 (2009): 1399–405. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2008.0290.

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I argue that savant skills are latent in us all. My hypothesis is that savants have privileged access to lower level, less-processed information, before it is packaged into holistic concepts and meaningful labels. Owing to a failure in top-down inhibition, they can tap into information that exists in all of our brains, but is normally beyond conscious awareness. This suggests why savant skills might arise spontaneously in otherwise normal people, and why such skills might be artificially induced by low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation. It also suggests why autistic savants are atypically literal with a tendency to concentrate more on the parts than on the whole and why this offers advantages for particular classes of problem solving, such as those that necessitate breaking cognitive mindsets. A strategy of building from the parts to the whole could form the basis for the so-called autistic genius. Unlike the healthy mind, which has inbuilt expectations of the world (internal order), the autistic mind must simplify the world by adopting strict routines (external order).
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Hurst, Lindsay C., and David J. Mulhall. "Another Calendar Savant." British Journal of Psychiatry 152, no. 2 (1988): 274–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.152.2.274.

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A 38-year-old patient, who can give the day of the week of any day this century, is described. He is believed to have been autistic in early childhood. The relationship of the autistic child and the adolescent idiot savant is discussed and brief reference made to the patient's method.
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Mottron, Laurent, Michelle Dawson, and Isabelle Soulières. "Enhanced perception in savant syndrome: patterns, structure and creativity." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 364, no. 1522 (2009): 1385–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2008.0333.

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According to the enhanced perceptual functioning (EPF) model, autistic perception is characterized by: enhanced low-level operations; locally oriented processing as a default setting; greater activation of perceptual areas during a range of visuospatial, language, working memory or reasoning tasks; autonomy towards higher processes; and superior involvement in intelligence. EPF has been useful in accounting for autistic relative peaks of ability in the visual and auditory modalities. However, the role played by atypical perceptual mechanisms in the emergence and character of savant abilities remains underdeveloped. We now propose that enhanced detection of patterns, including similarity within and among patterns, is one of the mechanisms responsible for operations on human codes, a type of material with which savants show particular facility. This mechanism would favour an orientation towards material possessing the highest level of internal structure, through the implicit detection of within- and between-code isomorphisms. A second mechanism, related to but exceeding the existing concept of redintegration, involves completion, or filling-in, of missing information in memorized or perceived units or structures. In the context of autistics' enhanced perception, the nature and extent of these two mechanisms, and their possible contribution to the creativity evident in savant performance, are explored.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Autistic savant"

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Zajac, Richard. "From Rainman to Rainmaker: A Presentation of Jim’s Journey and Rapidly Advancing Technologies: Integrating Proven Behavioral Therapies with Emergent Measurement and Testing Advances Will Result in Transformational Progress in Autistic Individuals." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2016. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1344.

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The autism treatment status quo was reviewed and accompanied by a narrative contextualizing past and present progress with my younger brother Jim’s journey with the condition, sharing proposed next steps for bettering the current state of affairs in the space. The impetus for this piece was to share in the lessons of Jim’s life thus far and the revelations of those who have supported him, as well as to determine ways to create more impactful, lasting change in the limited window of early intervention therapy whilst empowering individuals on the spectrum to optimize for their skills and talents rather than just simply mitigating the downsides of autism spectrum disorder. Feedback as to how to improve the prevailing course of treatment: (education and therapy) was solicited by leading experts in the fields of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), Electroencephalography (EEG), and autism more generally in the context of politics, insurability, and savant syndrome and splinter skills. The advice of the various vertical experts were synthesized and distilled into a new proposed course of treatment which were submitted to all respective experts for further feedback and review prior to publication. It was discovered that there is significant feedback to suggest that the prevailing wisdom that splinter skills and savant syndrome are found in a small minority of individuals with autism spectrum disorder may not be true and that further research is warranted that would implement the new proposed course of treatment and attempt to unlock the talents and gifts of these individuals consistent with the success we encountered raising Jim. While our methods were resource-intensive and conducted manually with many hours of intensive in-home therapy, there is significant feedback to suggest that a technology-driven approach to reforming autism treatment would achieve same or greater results with far fewer resources in the near and long term. By unlocking the greatest minds of our society (the majority of savants have historically been autistic) to take on the greatest challenges of our time, we can rapidly accelerate the progress of humanity and exponentially better the trajectory of society’s future at the global scale.
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Miao-Mei, Lin, and 林皛玫. "Exploring How Autistic Savants Struggle For Growth--Narrative Research On Two Autistic Savants." Thesis, 2005. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/65181716017499333948.

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碩士<br>國立屏東師範學院<br>特殊教育學系碩士班<br>93<br>Exploring How Autistic Savants Struggle For Growth -- Narrative Research On Two Autistic Savants Lin Miao–Mei Abstract The purpose of this narrative research was to explore the stories of the two autistic savants who struggle for growth. In-depth interviewing, observation and documentary collection were the main strategies used for data collection. The major findings of this research that the two autistic savants successful factors were: Parents Factor The parents of both the two autistic savants carried out early intervention during their childhood, and adopting persistent manner when educated the autistic savants. Also, early developed their superiority abilities and striving education resource were important factors. Teachers Factor During the schooling period, there are many helpful teachers who can accept the autistic savants, and using peer tutoring to help the autistic savants, also providing opportunity for the savants to encourage and confirm their ability. Education System Factor There are friendly education system which providing advantage factor for the two autistic savants. Personal Factor Both the two autistic savants possess some gifted ability, and they were endeavored to elaborate their superior ability, which lead to their successful. Society Factor The autistic association provided every kind of help for parents, some politicians pay much attention to the autistic savants, and others help, were the important factors for the autistic savants successful. The suggestions from this research are useful for parents, teachers, educational administration and society people.
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Books on the topic "Autistic savant"

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Tammet, Daniel. Born on a blue day: Inside the extraordinary mind of an autistic savant : a memoir. Free Press, 2007.

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Tammet, Daniel. Born on a blue day: Inside the extraordinary mind of an autistic savant : a memoir. Free Press, 2007.

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Stillman, William. The soul of autism: Looking beyond labels to unveil spiritual secrets of the heart savants. New Page Books, 2008.

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Treffert, Darold A. Extraordinary people: Understanding savant syndrome. Universe.com, 2000.

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Treffert, Darold A. Extraordinary people: Understanding "idiot savants". Harper & Row, 1989.

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Treffert, Darold A. Extraordinary people. Bantam, 1989.

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Treffert, Darold A. Extraordinary people: Understanding "idiot savants". Harper & Row, 1989.

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Treffert, Darrold A. Extraordinary people. Black Swan, 1990.

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Lihua, Qian, ed. Xing qi san shi lan se de: Born on a blue day. Tian xia yuan jian chu ban gu fen you xian gong si, 2008.

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Bernhardt, William. Strip Search. Random House Publishing Group, 2007.

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Bennett, Matthew, Amanda A. Webster, Emma Goodall, and Susannah Rowland. "Understanding the “True” Potential of Autistic People: Debunking the Savant Syndrome Myth." In Life on the Autism Spectrum. Springer Singapore, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3359-0_6.

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Heaton, Pamela. "Autistic Savants." In Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders. Springer New York, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6435-8_1372-3.

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Heaton, Pamela. "Autistic Savants." In Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders. Springer New York, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1698-3_1372.

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Heaton, Pamela. "Autistic Savants." In Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders. Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91280-6_1372.

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Simonton, Dean Keith. "Creative Geniuses, Polymaths, Child Prodigies, and Autistic Savants: The Ambivalent Function of Interests and Obsessions." In The Science of Interest. Springer International Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55509-6_9.

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"Autistic Savant." In Encyclopedia of Child Behavior and Development. Springer US, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-79061-9_5176.

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Lyen, Kenneth. "Autistic Savants." In Rainbow Dreams. WORLD SCIENTIFIC, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/9789811264887_0012.

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Lima, Maria Karuline de Sousa, and Marcelo Dias de Negreiros Júnior. "A INCLUSÃO DO AUTISTA NO MERCADO DE TRABALHO ATRAVÉS DA ABORDAGEM APRESENTADA PELA SÉRIE NORTE-AMERICANA THE GOOD DOCTOR." In Práticas exitosas e inovadoras em pesquisa: trabalhos premiados na XVI Semana Científica do UNIFSA – SEC 2018. Lestu Publishing Company, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.51205/lestu.978-65-996314-0-5/cap.01.

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O presente artigo aborda uma questão importante: uma forma de mudar preconceitos e fazer com que seus telespectadores tenham uma nova concepção ressaltando ao púbico os dilemas que algumas pessoas têm de enfrentar durante sua vida, como preconceito, estereotipação, rotulação e exclusão utilizando a série The Good Doctor, uma série televisiva norte-americana que relata a dificuldade que Shaun Murphy, um jovem cirurgião residente, com TEA (transtorno do Espectro Autista) e síndrome de Savant, encontra para ser contratado e ser integrado à equipe médica, mesmo demonstrando saber lidar com soluções em vários momentos de adversidade. As dificuldades que as pessoas com autismo possuem em ser inseridas e integradas no mercado de trabalho, através da problematização apresentada pela série televisiva, adquiridos por uma cultura adquirida pela falta de conhecimento, resultando dúvidas e incredibilidade proporcionando o preconceito para com os mesmos. Almejando a constatação que os autistas possam desempenhar suas funções, de acordo com suas condições e capacidades, asseguradas por lei, este artigo qualitativo resulta de pesquisa bibliográfica e investigações acadêmicas.
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Mottron, Laurent, and Lucie Bouvet. "Veridical mapping in the development of autistic musical savants." In Musical Prodigies. Oxford University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199685851.003.0022.

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Figueiredo, Bárbara Queiroz de, Camilla Ariete Vitorino Dias Soares, Eduarda Cristina Diel, Larissa Borges Capelli, Luana Borges Capelli, and Victor Ferreira Borges de Sousa. "SÍNDROME DE SAVANT E TRANSTORNO DO ESPECTRO AUTISTA: UM PARADOXO REAL ENTRE GENIALIDADE E DÉFICIT COGNITIVO." In Transtorno do espectro autista: concepção atual e multidisciplinar na saúde. Amplla Editora, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.51859/amplla.tea2232-9.

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