The pictorial context dependency of savant artists: A research note

The relative immunity of the concept of size constancy in the face of chang es to the retinal image as well as the pictorial device of linear perspecti ve were investigated with 9 savant artists and 9 controls. For drawing use of pictorial rules seemed independent of levels of intelligence; however, w hen a construction instead of a drawing task had to be carried out, diagnos is rather than the presence or absence of talent was the decisive factor.