Prevalence of Clinically and Empirically Defined Talents and Strengths in Autism / Andrée-Anne S. MEILLEUR in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 45-5 (May 2015)  

Public ISBD [article]  inJournal of Autism and Developmental Disorders > 45-5 (May 2015) . - p.1354-1367 Titre : Prevalence of Clinically and Empirically Defined Talents and Strengths in Autism Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique 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 [article] Prevalence of Clinically and Empirically Defined Talents and Strengths in Autism [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Andrée-Anne S. MEILLEUR, Auteur ; Patricia JELENIC, Auteur ; Laurent MOTTRON, Auteur . - p.1354-1367. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders > 45-5 (May 2015) . - p.1354-1367 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

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