Fragments of Genius: The Strange Feats of Idiots Savants: Investigating the Strange Feats of "Idiots Savants" - Brossura

Howe, Michael J. A.

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ISBN 10: 0415071690 ISBN 13: 9780415071697

Casa editrice: Routledge, 1991

Riassunto

This text provides an account of "idiots savants" - those remarkable individuals who are simultaneously retarded yet capable of quite extraordinary achievements. Their talents include outstanding artistic and musical achievement, mental arithmetic at incredible speed, and calendar calculating, involving extremely difficult questions about calendar dates. Michael Howe's findings encourage the reader to reconsider existing views about the manner in which human skills are organized and contradicts the widely accepted belief that a person's different abilities are interdependent and centrally controlled.

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• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0415071690
• ISBN 13: 9780415071697
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 192