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Relationship between Savant Skills and Autistic Symptoms in Korean Patients with Autism Spectrum Disorder

한국인 자폐스펙트럼장애에서 Savant Skill과 자폐증상의 연관성

  • Kim, Yun-Mi (Department of Psychiatry, Gil Hospital, Gachon University of Medicine and Science) ;
  • Cho, Soo-Churl (Department of Neuropsychiatry, Seoul National University Hospital) ;
  • Yoo, Hee-Jeong (Department of Neuropsychiatry, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital) ;
  • Chung, Un-Sun (Department of Psychiatry, Kyungpook National University Hospital) ;
  • Park, Tae-Won (Department of Psychiatry, Chonbuk National University Medical School) ;
  • Sohn, Jung-Woo (Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Shin, Min-Sup (Department of Neuropsychiatry, Seoul National University Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Boong-Nyun (Department of Neuropsychiatry, Seoul National University Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Jae-Won (Department of Neuropsychiatry, Seoul National University Hospital) ;
  • Cho, In-Hee (Department of Psychiatry, Gil Hospital, Gachon University of Medicine and Science)
  • 김윤미 (가천의과학대학교 길병원 정신과학교실) ;
  • 조수철 (서울대학교병원 신경정신과) ;
  • 유희정 (분당서울대학교병원 신경정신과) ;
  • 정운선 (경북대학교병원 정신과) ;
  • 박태원 (전북대학교 의과대학 정신과학교실) ;
  • 손정우 (충북대학교 의과대학 정신과학교실) ;
  • 신민섭 (서울대학교병원 신경정신과) ;
  • 김붕년 (서울대학교병원 신경정신과) ;
  • 김재원 (서울대학교병원 신경정신과) ;
  • 조인희 (가천의과학대학교 길병원 정신과학교실)
  • Received : 2011.04.18
  • Accepted : 2011.09.06
  • Published : 2011.09.30
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Abstract

Objectives: This study was conducted to examine the prevalence and characteristics of savant skills and the relationship between the savant skills and autistic symptoms in Korean ASD children. Methods: 141 ASD subjects participated in this study and they were divided in to two groups based on the presence or lack of savant skills. The domain scores and total scores of the K-ADI-R, K-ASDS and SRS were used for evaluating the ASD symptoms between the groups. Results: Memory (N=47) was the most prevalent savant skill in the savant ASD group (N=60). The savant ASD group had a statistically higher mean age and IQ score than did the nonsavant ASD group. Despite their high IQ profile, the savant ASD group showed a higher restricted, repetitive and stereotype behavior score on the K-ADI-R and higher language and cognitive scores on the K-ASDS than did the nonsavant ASD group. Conclusions: These results suggest savant syndrome in ASD might be related to the severity of some subdomain of autistic symptoms even though their IQ scores were higher than nonsavant ASD patients.

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