A human calculator: a case report of a 27-year-old male with hypercalculia. Issue 2 (4th March 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ogun, Shamsideen Abayomi; Arabambi, Babawale; Oshinaike, Olajumoke Olufemi; Akanji, Akin
• Is Part Of: Neurocase. Volume 28:Issue 2(2022)
• Page Start: 158
• Page End: 162
• Publication Date: 2022-03-04
• Subjects: Hypercalculia -- calculation -- autism spectrum disorder -- Gerstmann syndrome -- higher cerebral functions; Neurology -- Periodicals; Neuropsychology -- Case Report; Mental Disorders -- Case Report; Nervous System Diseases -- Case Report; 616.8
• DOI: 10.1080/13554794.2022.2046781
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1355-4794

Abstract

ABSTRACT: 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.