The Psychology of Music and Autism

Hearing, Feeling, Thinking, Doing
2024
ISBN: 978-3-031-70402-4
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland

Buch, Englisch, 117 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 291 g

This book considers the cognitive, behavioural and socio-emotional aspects of autism in relation to music perception, musical engagement and music production. Musicality is considered from an evolutionary perspective and in relation to psychological models of autism. In drawing together literature on autism and music neuroscience with original case studies from musicians with autism, the book seeks to broaden our understanding of typical and atypical musical experience and sets a new agenda for multi-disciplinary research in this area. It provides a unique resource that will appeal to students and scholars of Autism Spectrum Disorder, neurodevelopmental conditions, music psychology and neuroscience, music therapy, music education and inclusive education; as well as to practitioners and general readers.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Heaton, Pamela

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ästhetik
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie Emotion, Motivation, Handlung
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Neurowissenschaften, Kognitionswissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Bildungspolitik, Bildungsreform
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologie: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction to Autism and Music.- Chapter  2: Conceptualising Musicality as a Complex Human Trait.- Chapter 3: Evolving Concepts of Autism.- Chapter 4: Music and autism; Time for a reappraisal?.- Chapter 5: First Person Accounts of Musical talent in Autistic Adults.- Chapter 6: Musical Journeys 1: Monotropism, Flow and Musicality.- Chapter 7 ; Musical Journeys 2: Heightened Perceptual Experience and Musical Creativity.- Chapter 8: Conclusions: Retrospective and Prospective.

Über Autor(innen)

Pamela Heaton is Emerita Professor of Psychology, at Goldsmiths University of London, UK. As a mature student, Professor Heaton drew on her undergraduate studies in music and classical training in her PhD thesis, which was awarded the British Psychological Society prize for outstanding doctoral research contributions in 2002. Developing and delivering the cross-departmental Psychology of Music module fuelled her interest in developing a cross-disciplinary approach to studying music in neurodevelopmental conditions