title: The pictorial context dependency of savant artists: a research note.
abstract: The relative immunity of the concept of size constancy in the face of changes to the retinal image as well as the pictorial device of linear perspective were investigated with 9 savant artists and 9 controls. For drawing use of pictorial rules seemed independent of levels of intelligence; however, when a construction instead of a drawing task had to be carried out, diagnosis rather than the presence or absence of talent was the decisive factor.
authors.affiliation: Psychology Department, Goldsmiths' College, University of London.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hermelin
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pring
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001076:Aptitude; D001154:Art; D002648:Child; D002672:Child, Gifted / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000523:psychology*; D007360:Intelligence; D012858:Size Perception; D013028:Space Perception