Savants (Savant syndrome)

URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064166
- info:lc/authorities/sh85064166
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85064166#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Idiot savants
Broader Terms
- Gifted persons
- People with mental disabilities
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
- http://stitch.cs.vu.nl/vocabularies/rameau/ark:/12148/cb12269588t
Earlier Established Forms
- Idiot savants
Sources
- found: Work cat.: Treffert, D. Extraordinary people ... c1989 (Savants; index Savants (savant syndrome))
- found: LC database, Mar. 28, 1989 (musical savants)
- found: Random House (savant: a learned scholar)
- found: Dorland's med. dict. (Idiot-savant)
- found: Campbell psych. dict. (Idiot-savant)
- notfound: Chaplin dict. psych.;Peng. dict. psych.;Thes. psych. index terms;MESH
LC Classification
- BF426
Change Notes
- 2001-10-03: new
- 2001-11-16: revised

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