Creativity in savant artists with autism

Autism

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-57

  Pring, Linda ^a   Ryder, Nicola ^a   Crane, Laura ^a   Hermelin, Beate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

autism; creativity; domain specificity; savants; talent

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREATIVITY; DRAWING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; PERFORMING ARTIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APTITUDE; ART; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CREATIVENESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857579755     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: 14617005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361311403783     Document Type: Article

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