Speed, Timothy: Savant Phenomena and Non-Representational Cognition An Operatoric Approach

Savant phenomena are still regarded in cognitive science and neurological research as anomalies: as isolated island abilities, as exceptions within otherwise deficit-oriented cognitive profiles, or as curiosities that cannot be adequately integrated into established models of intelligence, learning, or representation. Despite extensive empirical documentation, there is a lack of a theory that explains how savant performances are epistemically possible without either mystifying or pathologizing t