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Table 1 Types of savant skills reported by the autistic-savant group, some participants reported having multiple savant skills

From: Savant syndrome has a distinct psychological profile in autism

Skill types

Number of cases

Math

16

Calendar calculation

3

Musical instrument playing

6

Music reproduction

9

Absolute pitch

12

Art

16

Memory

26

Mechanical (building)

8

Fluency for different languages

12

Other

25