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Peer reviewedAnderson, Mike; O'Connor, Neil; Hermelin, Beate – Intelligence, 1998
Studied the calculating ability used by a low IQ savant to identify prime numbers in two experiments comparing him to control subjects, one involving reaction time and the other involving inspection time. Concludes that this individual uses a complex computational algorithm to identify primes and discusses the apparent contradiction of his low IQ.…
Descriptors: Ability, Algorithms, Autism, Computation
