Autism: Functional brain mapping of exceptional calendar capacity
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Autism: functional brain mapping of exceptional calendar capacity.
BACKGROUND 'Autistic savants' are individuals with autism who have extraordinary skills. Brain mechanisms underlying such capacities are still unknown. AIMS To map the exceptional calendar capacity of a man with primary autism. METHOD Positron emission tomography was used to map brain activity in a man who is able to associate a day of the week with the corresponding calendar date. RESULT...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Psychiatry
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0007-1250,1472-1465
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.187.1.83