简短报告：自闭症学者日历计算器中的两种日期处理方法

Brief Report: Two Day-Date Processing Methods in an Autistic Savant Calendar Calculator.

作者信息

De Marco Matteo, Iavarone Alessandro, Santoro Giovanna, Carlomagno Sergio

机构信息

Department of Neuroscience, Medical School, University of Sheffield, Beech Hill Road, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, N Floor, Room N125e, Sheffield, S10 2RX, UK.

UOC di Neurologia, Ospedale CTO, AORN "Ospedali dei Colli", Napoli, Italy.

出版信息

J Autism Dev Disord. 2016 Mar;46(3):1096-102. doi: 10.1007/s10803-015-2626-z.

DOI:10.1007/s10803-015-2626-z

PMID:26476739

Abstract

Special ability in computing the day of week for given dates was observed in a 24 year-old male (FB) diagnosed with Asperger syndrome. FB performed almost flawlessly (98.2%) both with past and future dates, over a span of 40 years. Response latency was slower as temporal remoteness of future dates increased. Within the future timespan, FB's performance was consistent with the active use of calendar regularities. On the contrary, within the past timespan (for which no remoteness effect was seen), his performance was mainly linked to memory retrieval of personal events. The case presented here complements the existent literature on calendar calculators, as, for first time, two distinct day-date processing styles are described in the same individual.

摘要

在一名被诊断患有阿斯伯格综合征的24岁男性（FB）身上，观察到其在计算给定日期是星期几方面具有特殊能力。FB在过去和未来40年的日期计算中几乎表现完美（98.2%）。随着未来日期时间距离的增加，反应潜伏期变长。在未来时间跨度内，FB的表现与对日历规律的积极运用一致。相反，在过去时间跨度内（未观察到时间距离效应），他的表现主要与个人事件的记忆检索有关。此处呈现的案例补充了关于日历计算能力的现有文献，因为首次在同一个体中描述了两种不同的日期处理方式。