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| Titre : |
Prevalence of Clinically and Empirically Defined Talents and Strengths in Autism |
| Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
| Auteurs : |
Andrée-Anne S. MEILLEUR, Auteur ; Patricia JELENIC, Auteur ; Laurent MOTTRON, Auteur |
| Article en page(s) : |
p.1354-1367 |
| Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
| Mots-clés : |
Perception Savant Talent Block Pitch Expertise |
| Index. décimale : |
PER Périodiques |
| Résumé : |
Outstanding skills, including special isolated skills (SIS) and perceptual peaks (PP) are frequent features of autism. However, their reported prevalence varies between studies and their co-occurrence is unknown. We determined the prevalence of SIS in a large group of 254 autistic individuals and searched for PP in 46 of these autistic individuals and 46 intelligence and age-matched typically developing controls. The prevalence of SIS among autistic individuals was 62.5 % and that of PP was 58 % (13 % in controls). The prevalence of SIS increased with intelligence and age. The existence of an SIS in a particular modality was not associated with the presence of a PP in the same modality. This suggests that talents involve an experience-dependent component in addition to genetically defined alterations of perceptual encoding. |
| En ligne : |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-014-2296-2 |
| Permalink : |
https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=259 |
in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders > 45-5 (May 2015) . - p.1354-1367
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Prevalence of Clinically and Empirically Defined Talents and Strengths in Autism in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 45-5 (May 2015)
