A visually impaired savant artist: Interacting perceptual and memory representations

Author(s): Pring, L., Buhler, M., Wolff, S., Heaton, P.

Journal/Book: J Child Psychol Psychiat. 1999; 40: 40 West 20Th Street, New York, NY 10011-4211, USA. Cambridge Univ Press. 1129-1139.

Abstract: In this single case study, paintings by a visually impaired and cognitively handicapped savant artist are evaluated. He paints his pictures exclusively from memory, either after having looked at a natural scene through binoculars, or after studying landscape photographs in brochures, catalogues, and books. The paintings are compared with the models from which they were derived, and the resulting generative changes are accounted for by an interaction between impaired visual input and memory transformations.

Note: Article Hermelin B, Univ London Goldsmiths Coll, Dept Psychol, London SE14 6NW, ENGLAND

Keyword(s): autistic disorder; art; Idiot Savants; memory; visual handicap; CALENDRICAL CALCULATORS; IDIOT SAVANT; AUTISM; ABILITY; MIND

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