title: Islands of genius. Artistic brilliance and a dazzling memory can sometimes accompany autism and other developmental disorders.
authors.affiliation: St. Agnes Hospital, Fond du Lac, Wis., USA. dtreffert@pol.net
authors.forename: Darold A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Treffert
authors.forename: Gregory L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Wallace
mesh_terms: D001154:Art; D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D002659:Child Development Disorders, Pervasive / Q000503:physiopathology; D003704:Dementia; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D008433:Mathematics; D008568:Memory; D008606:Mental Processes; D009146:Music; D019579:Neocortex / Q000098:blood supply / Q000503:physiopathology; D013577:Syndrome; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000098:blood supply / Q000503:physiopathology