Brief report: Error pattern in an autistic savant calendar calculator

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 775-779

  Iavarone, Alessandro ^a,b   Patruno, Maria ^a,b   Galeone, Filomena ^a   Chieffi, Sergio ^b   Carlomagno, Sergio ^c  

^a ASL Napoli 1   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autism; Calendar calculator; Savant syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIOPATHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; APTITUDE; AUTISTIC DISORDER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBSESSIVE BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; TIME PERCEPTION; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 34147119094     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-006-0190-2     Document Type: Article

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