Research themes and subthemes
| Main theme | Subtheme | Study | |
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| Literature review & Position Paper | Experimental study & Survery | ||
| Definition and characteristics of savant syndrome | Definition and characteristics of savant syndrome | Treffert [3] (2014) Treffert [5] (2009) Happé and Frith [23] (2009) Gyarmathy [24] (2018) Dawson et al. [25] (2008) |
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| Diagnosis of savant syndrome | Gyarmathy [24] (2018) | Bennett and Heaton [42] (2012) | |
| Demographic information | Prevalence | Treffert [5] (2009) Wallace [26] (2008) |
Howlin et al. [6] (2009) Bal et al. [52] (2022) |
| Differences in prevalence by gender | Howlin et al. [6] (2009) Treffert and Rebedew [41] (2015) |
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| Cognitive ability and savant syndrome | Howlin et al. [6] (2009) Kim et al. [8] (2011) Vital et al. [13] (2009) Pring et al. [40] (2012) Bölte et al. [46] (2011) |
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| A spectrum of savant skills | Treffert [5] (2009) Wallace [26] (2008) |
Park [1] (2021) Kim et al. [8] (2011) Hughes et al. [12] (2018) Treffert and Rebedew [41] (2015) Dubischar-Krivec et al. [48] (2009) Bal et al. [52] (2022) |
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| Savant syndrome and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) | Happé and Frith [23] (2009) Wallace [26] (2008) Baron-Cohen et al. [27] (2009) Happé and Vital [28] (2009) Snyder [29] (2009) Plaisted Grant and Davis [30] (2009) |
Park [1] (2021) Howlin et al. [6] (2009) Kim et al. [8] (2011) Daniel and Menashe [11] (2020) Hughes et al. [12] (2018) |
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| Cognitive characteristics of ASD and savant syndrome | Weak Central Coherence & Detail Focused Processing | Vital et al. [13] (2009) Dawson et al. [25] (2008) Wallace [26] (2008) Happé and Vital [28] (2009) Boso et al. [31] (2010) |
Benett and Heaton [42] (2012) |
| Enhanced perceptual function and hypersystemizing | Wallace [26] (2008) Baron-Cohen et al. [27] (2009) Baron-Cohen and Lombardo [32] (2017) Bokkon et al. [33] (2013) Mottron et al. [34] (2009) Mottron et al. [35] (2013) Mottron et al. [36] (2021) Murray [37] (2010) van der Zee and Derksen [38] (2021) van Leeuwen et al. [39] (2020) |
Hughes et al. [12] (2018) Crane et al. [15] (2011) De Marco et al. [16] (2016) Pring et al. [17] (2010) Bennett and Heaton [42] (2012) Bennett and Heaton [43] (2017) Finocchiaro et al. [44] (2015) Bouvet et al. [45] (2014) Soulières et al. [47] (2010) Dubischar-Krivec et al. [49] (2014) |
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