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Science 20 July 2001:
Vol. 293. no. 5529, pp. 435 - 436
DOI: 10.1126/science.1062679
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NEUROSCIENCE:
Extraordinary Talents of Autistic Minds

A review by Marian Sigman

Bright Splinters of the Mind A Personal Story of Research with Autistic Savants
Beate Hermelin
Jessica Kingsley, Philadelphia, 2001. 192 pp. $49.95, £29.95. ISBN 1-85302-931-9. Paper, $19.95, £13.95. ISBN 1-85302-932-7.

Drawing on two decades of research by herself and her collaborators, Hermelin presents an informative account of artistic, musical, linguistic, and mathematical talents found is some individuals with autism.
The author is in the UCLA Collaborative Program of Excellence in Autism, Department of Psychiatry, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90049-1759, USA. E-mail: msigman{at}ucla.edu

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