Musical inventiveness of five idiots-savants

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1987, Pages 685-694

  Hermelin, B ^a   Lee, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; IDIOT SAVANT; MEMORY; MUSIC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CREATIVENESS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGE; MUSIC; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 0023230139     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291700025927     Document Type: Article

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