A human calculator: a case report of a 27-year-old male with hypercalculia.
- Resource Type
- Case Study
- Authors
- Ogun, Shamsideen Abayomi; Arabambi, Babawale; Oshinaike, Olajumoke Olufemi; Akanji, Akin
- Source
- Neurocase (Taylor & Francis Ltd). Apr2022, Vol. 28 Issue 2, p158-162. 5p.
- Subject
- *PARIETAL lobe
*FRONTAL lobe
*WHITE matter (Nerve tissue)
*FRONTAL lobe diseases
*CALCULATORS
*AUTISM spectrum disorders
- Language
- ISSN
- 1355-4794
Calculation is one of the higher brain functions, which has been linked to the inferior parietal lobule and part of the frontal lobe. Cases of hypercalculia have been reported, usually in the setting of Autism-Spectrum Disorder or Savant syndrome. We report the case of a 27-year-old male undergraduate who had hypercalculia with normal clinical neurological findings. His brain MRI showed a nonspecific lesion in the right parietal lobe white matter. Further functional neuroimaging is suggested. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]