Creativity in Savant Artists with Autism

Autor/inn/en	Pring, Linda; Ryder, Nicola; Crane, Laura; Hermelin, Beate
Titel	Creativity in Savant Artists with Autism
Quelle	In: Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 16 (2012) 1, S.45-57 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1362-3613
DOI	10.1177/1362361311403783
Schlagwörter	Intelligence; Creativity; Learning Problems; Autism; Talent; Artists; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Clinical Diagnosis; Cognitive Ability; Adults; Asperger Syndrome; College Students; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test; Raven Progressive Matrices + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Intelligenz; Klugheit; Kreativität; Lernproblem; Autismus; Begabung; Hochbegabung; Artiste; Artist; Künstler; Künstlerin; Denkfähigkeit; Asperger-Syndrom; Collegestudent
Abstract	Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often display impairments in creativity, yet savant artists with ASD are reported to produce highly novel and original artistic outputs. To explore this paradox, we assessed nine savant artists with ASD, nine talented art students, nine non-artistically talented individuals with ASD, and nine individuals with mild/moderate learning difficulties (MLD) on tasks in and out of their domain of expertise. This was to ascertain whether the performance of the savant artists was related to their artistic ability, their diagnosis of ASD or their level of intellectual functioning. Results demonstrated that the responses of the art students were more creative (as assessed on measures of fluency, originality, elaboration, and flexibility) than the savant, ASD, and MLD groups on a drawing task. Although the savants did produce more elaborative responses than the ASD and MLD groups, no differences were observed on the other indices of creativity. On a non-drawing task, the savants produced more original outputs than the ASD and MLD groups (scoring similarly to the art students), but group differences were not observed on the other measures. (Contains 8 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10