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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | The abilities of a musical savant and his family |
Author: | Young, R. Nettelbeck, T. |
Citation: | Journal of autism and childhood schizophrenia, 1995; 25(3):231-248 |
Publisher: | Plenum Publishing |
Issue Date: | 1995 |
ISSN: | 0021-9185 1573-3432 |
Statement of Responsibility: | R. L. Young and T. Nettelbeck |
Abstract: | The ability of a male autistic savant (TR) to play two unfamiliar piano pieces after listening to a tape-recording was tested, closely following the procedures of Sloboda, Hermelin, and O'Connor (1985). Other components of TR's musical ability--pitch recognition, improvisation, and ability to provide harmonic accompaniment--were also examined. TR's musical precocity was examined in relation to his general level of intellectual functioning as indexed by a battery of standardized psychological tests of intelligence, memory, reading, visual organization, and creativity. His parents and two male siblings also completed tests of intelligence. Results from psychometric testing indicated that TR has idiosyncratic levels of cognitive functioning with difficulties in verbal reasoning but high levels of concentration and memory. His speed of information processing, as indicated by Inspection Time, and was better than average. TR demonstrated perfect pitch recognition and other family members also demonstrated excellent relative pitch. TR's ability to recall and perform structured music within both the diatonic and whole-tone systems was exceptional but dependent upon his familiarity with musical structure and was therefore organized and rule-driven. Furthermore, TR demonstrated competence in improvisation and composition, albeit restricted by his adherence to structural representations of familiar musical rules. |
Keywords: | Humans Intelligence Mental Recall Pitch Discrimination Aptitude Psychomotor Performance Autistic Disorder Neuropsychological Tests Mathematics Music Child Educational Status Male |
Rights: | © 1995 Plenum Publishing Corporation |
DOI: | 10.1007/BF02179286 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf02179286 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest Psychology publications |
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