Artistic savants

Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology and Behavioral Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-38

  Hou, Craig ^a   Miller, Bruce L ^b,e   Cummings, Jeffrey L ^f   Goldberg, Michael ^f   Mychack, Paula ^b   Bottino, Vivian ^c   Benson, D Frank ^d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Autism Consultant   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ART; ARTICLE; AUTISM; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPULSION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; GIFTED CHILD; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; NEOCORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STEREOTYPY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APTITUDE; ART; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CREATIVENESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; THINKING;

EID: 0033968767     PISSN: 0894878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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