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Music Therapy as a Tool to Unveil Musical Potential or Hidden Savant in Children with Autism: A Case Study
by Mais Hatahet, Andrea Sárváry and Attila Sárváry
Children 2024, 11(12), 1543; https://doi.org/10.3390/children11121543 - 19 Dec 2024
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Background/Objectives: Savant syndrome is a perplexing condition characterized by the exceptional abilities or talents of individuals with disabilities or low IQ. Methods: This study shows an individual case of a child with autism, detailing how music therapy may facilitate the discovery [...] Read more.
Background/Objectives: Savant syndrome is a perplexing condition characterized by the exceptional abilities or talents of individuals with disabilities or low IQ. Methods: This study shows an individual case of a child with autism, detailing how music therapy may facilitate the discovery of musical abilities and how it can improve different areas of development, e.g., motor function, communication, social skills, and emotional expression. Results: The 17-year-old male (KH), diagnosed at the age of three with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and having moderate abilities, exhibited no interest in music until the initiation of a music therapy program at the age of 11 years. KH consistently has repeated movements which impede his advancement in various tasks. This observation prompted the occupational therapist to purposefully incorporate this movement into piano training and recommend the initiation of music therapy sessions. He subsequently began utilizing the piano and demonstrated an extraordinary aptitude for musical note interpretation and creation. Conclusions: Occupational therapy may contribute to revealing hidden savant syndrome in children with ASD. Prolonged musical training has multiple impacts on motor functioning and multi-sensory perception, and it may also elicit favorable behavioral modifications in children with autism. Full article
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Paradoxical Enhancement of Spatial Learning Induced by Right Hippocampal Lesion in Rats
by Yukitoshi Sakaguchi and Yoshio Sakurai
Symmetry 2021, 13(11), 2138; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym13112138 - 10 Nov 2021
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The left–right hemispheric differences in some brain functions are well known in humans. Among them, savant syndrome has unique features, such as exceptional abilities in vision, memory, computation, and music, despite brain abnormalities. In cases of acquired savant and transient savant, brain damage [...] Read more.
The left–right hemispheric differences in some brain functions are well known in humans. Among them, savant syndrome has unique features, such as exceptional abilities in vision, memory, computation, and music, despite brain abnormalities. In cases of acquired savant and transient savant, brain damage or inhibition is often seen in the left hemisphere, suggesting a link between left hemispheric dysfunction and these talents. On the other hand, some functional left–right differences have been reported in rodent brains, and therefore, unilateral damage in rodents may also result in savant-like enhancements. In the present study, we examined the effects of hippocampal damage on spatial learning in rats with left, right, or bilateral hippocampal lesion. The results showed that learning performance was impaired in the bilateral lesion group, and there was no significant difference in the left lesion group, while performance was enhanced in the right lesion group. These results suggest that damage to the right hippocampus in rats may lead to savant-like enhancement in learning and memory. The construction of the savant model through these results will contribute to the neuroscientific elucidation of the paradoxical phenomenon observed in savants, that some abilities are enhanced despite their brain dysfunction. Full article
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The Interference of Arabic Prepositions in Emirati English
by Jean Pierre Ribeiro Daquila
Sci 2021, 3(2), 19; https://doi.org/10.3390/sci3020019 - 1 Apr 2021
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The bond between England and the UAE date back to over 220 years ago. This article explored the interference of Arabic prepositions in the English used in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and their occurrences in light of gender and level of education, [...] Read more.
The bond between England and the UAE date back to over 220 years ago. This article explored the interference of Arabic prepositions in the English used in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and their occurrences in light of gender and level of education, two important social variables related to linguistic behavior. To do so, participants translated 20 sentences in Arabic into English as well as filled in 30 gaps in sentences in English with the missing prepositions. We also experimented how musical intelligence improved the Emiratis’ performance regarding prepositions. An experiment was carried out to verify if participants from the experimental group, who received training on prepositions through music, obtained better results compared to the control group, who received training through a more traditional way (by listening to the instructor and repeating). Full article
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