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https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/5537| Title: | Are Animals Autistic Savants? | Contributor(s): | Vallortigara, Giorgio (author); Snyder, Allan (author); Kaplan, Gisela (author) ; Bateson, Patrick (author); Clayton, Nicola S (author); Rogers, Lesley (author) |
Publication Date: | 2008 | Open Access: | Yes | DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060042 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/5537 | Abstract: | Similarities in behaviour between autistic savants and animals have been suggested, most notably by Temple Grandin in her book 'Animals in Translation' (2005), and this theory seems to have gained some consensus among other neuroscientists who are not specialists in animal cognition. Here we aim to discuss two specific parallels between the behavioural characteristics of animals and those of autistic savants that have been raised in relation to Grandin's book. Autistic savants show extraordinary skills, particularly in music, mathematics, and drawing. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | PLoS Biology, 6(2), p. 1-7 | Publisher: | Public Library of Science | Place of Publication: | United States of America | ISSN: | 1545-7885 1544-9173 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 060801 Animal Behaviour | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 970107 Expanding Knowledge in the Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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| Appears in Collections: | Journal Article School of Science and Technology |
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