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Adaptive and maladaptive behavior of idiots savants
American Journal of Mental Deficiency
|November 1, 1977
Abstract:
A comparison was made of 25 institutionalized idiots savants and a control group of institutionalized retarded persons matched for age, sex, IQ, and length of institutionalization. As a group, idiots savants were found to be somewhat more disturbed and disturbing than their peers, although they did not show extreme emotional disturbance nor reflect a clear behavioral profile.