Meanings of autistic savant in English

He also mentions alternative labels: talented imbecile, parament, talented ament, retarded savant, schizophrenic savant, autistic savant.

Hoffman's character in the 1988 film is an autistic savant with exceptional mental abilities but difficulty relating to other people.

THE popular 1988 film, Rain Man, stars Dustin Hoffman as an autistic savant, and Tom Cruise as Hoffman's younger, materialistic and cynical brother.

He has written several definitive books on the topic, and was a consultant on the film Rain Man, featuring Dustin Hoffman as an autistic savant.

Shaking his head for focus, Hamish bent closer and repeated his question louder, interrupting Lacey's intense labor with the autistic savant and the Jamaican science-maestro.

Serious skepticism remains, however, both on the use of TMS and Snyder's theory about autistic savants.

Treffert believes that autistic savants simply use their right brain more, because the left brain is damaged.

Snyder's experiment was based on research into the remarkable abilities of autistic savants, like Dustin Hoffman's character in Rain Man.