... focus on "cerebral circuitry and lateralization" (p. 571). He also explains how "the savant's memory without consciousness, which so typifies the syndrome, can be studied in almost pure culture contrast to ordinary memory-the pathway, the encoding, and the semantic, figural, and symbolic patterns" (p. 571). In addition to other possible explanations for the behavior of autistic savants, Treffert indicates how some evidence ... in us all. News in Science. Retrieved September 24, 2002, from http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s20217.htm. Skoyles, J. R. (1999). Autism I: Is autism a...

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