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A Visually Impaired Savant Artist: Interacting Perceptual and Memory Representations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 1999

Beate Hermelin ,
Linda Pring ,
Michael Buhler ,
Sula Wolff  and
Pamela Heaton
Beate Hermelin
Affiliation:
University of London, U.K.
Linda Pring
Affiliation:
University of London, U.K.
Michael Buhler
Affiliation:
University of London, U.K.
Sula Wolff
Affiliation:
University of London, U.K.
Pamela Heaton
Affiliation:
University of London, U.K.
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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.

Keywords

Autistic disorderartIdiot Savantsmemoryvisual handicap

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Research Article
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The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines , Volume 40 , Issue 7 , October 1999 , pp. 1129 - 1139
Copyright
© 1999 Association for Child Psychology and Psychiatry

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