title: Adaptive and maladaptive behavior of idiots savants.
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.
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000523:psychology*; D001076:Aptitude; D005260:Female; D006184:Habits; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000523:psychology*; D007360:Intelligence; D008297:Male; D012919:Social Behavior; D013239:Stereotyped Behavior