Autism and Talent Special Edition
Published April 17, 2009 @ 04:00PM PT
The Royal Society has put out a special edition of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B* entitled Autism and Talent. A list of abstracts is up on Medical News Today.
The issue itself is available in full text, as is information on, and a recording of, the preceeding discussion meeting.
Special issue description:
Extraordinary Talent remains one of the big unexplained puzzles, which will only be solved by a true collaboration between sciences and humanities. This special issue follows a Discussion Meeting on Autism and Talent under the joint auspices of the British Academy and Royal Society. Contributors from psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience, history and sociology explore aspects ranging from the history, origin and prevalence of exceptional talent to its basis in the brain, from cognitive theories to the representation of talent and autism in biography and fiction. The papers in this issue show some remarkable convergence of ideas: A detail focused processing style may predispose to talent; the incidence of special skills may be higher than previously thought; there are tangible practical benefits from fostering talent in autism. Some of the challenging questions addressed in this special issue include: Are great artists fundamentally different from the rest of us? Is there a price to pay for exceptional ability in one domain? What is the role of practice? Could we all become savants?
Some interesting questions there. I'm curious about the role of practice one in particular. Like my reading list wasn't long enough already...
EDIT 4/23/2009: CORRECTION Only the first article is available for free.
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Actually, only the first article is available in full text. Well, the others are available, but you have to pay $40 for each of them to access for 30 days on one computer. They want over $200 for a pdf of the whole issue. I looked into buying a paper copy and they said it was over 80 pounds sterling.
I mean, I'm all for people getting paid for the work they do, but these prices seem a bit ludicrious to me. How is this valuable research and information ever going to reach people if no one can afford to read it?
I'm quite angry and disapointed. I was looking forward to reading all those articles.
Posted by Katie miller on 04/23/2009 @ 03:24PM PT
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Ack! I'm so sorry! I thought I had checked properly to make sure it was available but I must've clicked on just the first link. I'll see if I can get the articles and send you a private message. And I'll also edit this post so others don't have the same thing happen.
Posted by Dora Raymaker on 04/23/2009 @ 03:41PM PT
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