"[1] A 2002 neuroimaging study of a child with hypercalculia suggested greater brain volume in the right temporal lobe.
Pacheva, Panoy, Gillberg, and Neville discovered this individual has not only hypercalculia abilities, but also showcases hyperlexia, and hypermnesia capabilities.
[3] A study published in 2014 examined the reading and math achievement profiles and their changes over time within a sample of children between the ages 6–9 diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder.
[5][6] According to Wei, Christiano, Yu, Wagner, and Spiker, research of the ASD achievement profile, hypercalculia, is sometimes overlooked in academic settings.
[2] Individuals with autism will sometimes focus a lot of their time, energy, and attention on schedules or routines, calendar calculations, numbers or counting, and/or music.
[7] Other researchers speculate that people with savant tendencies may use different brain areas while they are processing subjects of their higher abilities.
Many children on the autism spectrum with different savant perceptions such as hypercalculia, hyperlexia, and semantic hypermnesia tended to internalize their problems.
A lot of these children that were observed fell into two types of disorders on the spectrum, PPD and Asperger syndrome.
The other half of the savant population suffer from other central nervous system deficiencies caused by injuries or other disorders.
[12] Awareness of savant syndrome has increased, but the limited number of affected individuals has complicated finding educational resources to meet their needs.
For the benefit of the students, educators should keep in mind that although these children are skilled in certain areas and may even take courses for the gifted, they may come across as rude and perhaps disrespectful.