HEAVEY, Lisa, HERMELIN, Beate, CRANE, Laura and PRING, Linda (2012). The structure of savant calendrical knowledge. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 54 (6), 507-513.
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Aim - We aimed to explore the organization of the calendar knowledge base underlying date calculation by assessing the ability of savant calendar calculators to free recall a series of date lists.
Method - Four experiments are reported that assessed recall of structural and non-structural features of the calendar in eight savant calendar calculators (seven males; one female; median age 34y 6mo; age range 27–47y), five of whom had a diagnosis on the autism spectrum. The inclusion criterion was a genuine calculation ability rather than an interest in dates.
Results - Mean recall was facilitated for material organized according to the structural features of a calendar (leap years, dates falling on the same weekday, dates occurring at 28y intervals) but not for a non-structural calendar feature (Easter Sunday).
Interpretation - Distinctions are drawn between two sources of savant calendar-related knowledge, structural and event related. It has been suggested that structural knowledge plays a key role in the acquisition and operation of savant date calculation skills.
Item Type: | Article |
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Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018: | Psychology Research Group |
Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8749.2012.04250.x |
Page Range: | 507-513 |
Depositing User: | Lisa Reidy |
Date Deposited: | 26 Sep 2012 14:45 |
Last Modified: | 18 Mar 2021 20:01 |
URI: | https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/6237 |
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