On Mathematics, Music and Autism

Year: 2006 Authors: Ioan James

Core claim

The author argues that autism-spectrum traits appear more strongly linked to mathematical creativity than to general mental illness, and that an assumed mathematics-music affinity is less supported.

Topics

psychology of mathematicians, autism and Asperger’s syndrome, mathematics and music, creative cognition

Domains

pure mathematics, mathematical psychology, mathematical creativity, music, aesthetics, creativity studies

Methods

literature review, historical comparison, survey data

Media

clinical criteria, published studies, biographical examples

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