The Recognition Failure and Graphic Success of Idiot-Savant Artists
- 1 January 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
- Vol. 31 (2) , 203-215
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.1990.tb01562.x
Abstract
Three groups of subjects, an idiot-savant group, a group of mentally handicapped subjects matched for IQ and normal artistically gifted children, were compared for their recognition and graphic reproduction abilities. It was found that, independent of input modality, level of intelligence determined recognition performance, while graphic ability independent of IQ was the determining factor in reproduction accuracy.Keywords
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