Hermelin B, O'Connor N
Psychol Med. 1986 Nov;16(4):885-93. doi: 10.1017/s0033291700011892.
The three experiments described aimed to establish whether the achievements of idiot savant calendrical calculators were based solely on rote memory and arithmetical procedures, or whether these subjects also used rule-based strategies. It was found that, although different structural calendar regularities were tested by using differing experimental paradigms, all subjects could at least use some of the rules under investigation. The more cognitively able subjects could make use of all the three structural regularities of the calendar tested here. It was concluded that idiot savant calendrical calculators can use rule-based strategies to aid them in the calculation of the days on which past and future dates fall.
所描述的这三项实验旨在确定白痴学者日历计算器的能力是仅仅基于死记硬背和算术程序，还是这些受试者也使用基于规则的策略。研究发现，尽管通过不同的实验范式测试了不同的结构日历规律，但所有受试者至少能运用一些所研究的规则。认知能力较强的受试者能够利用此处测试的日历的所有三种结构规律。研究得出结论，白痴学者日历计算器可以使用基于规则的策略来帮助他们计算过去和未来日期对应的是星期几。
