O'Connor N, Hermelin B
Psychol Med. 1987 Feb;17(1):79-90. doi: 10.1017/s0033291700013003.
Five idiots savants whose artistic output was judged to be at art school entrance standard were matched for performance and verbal IQ with control subjects who had no special artistic talent. Each subject was given tests of reproductive skill with both concrete pictures and unfamiliar and unnameable geometric designs. They were also asked to draw a man, and a test of picture completion was given which involved constructive imagination. In all tests the idiots savants proved clearly superior to IQ-matched controls, indicating the presence of an IQ-independent talent. The results are interpreted in terms of a superior image memory and ready access to a 'picture lexicon'. In addition, the existence of superior graphically directed motor programmes must be assumed.
挑选了五名白痴学者，他们的艺术作品被判定达到艺术学校入学水平，将他们与没有特殊艺术天赋的对照受试者在操作智商和语言智商方面进行匹配。每位受试者都接受了用具体图片以及不熟悉且无法命名的几何图案进行的复制技能测试。他们还被要求画一个人，并进行了一项涉及建设性想象力的图片完成测试。在所有测试中，白痴学者都明显优于智商匹配的对照组，这表明存在一种与智商无关的天赋。研究结果被解释为具有卓越的图像记忆能力以及能够随时调用“图片词汇表”。此外，必须假定存在卓越的图形导向运动程序。
