The Psychology of Music and Autism
Tid: On 2024-11-13 kl 17.00 - 18.30
Plats: Room 1E207, KMH Royal College of Music
Språk: English
Medverkande: Pamela Heaton is Emerita Professor of Psychology at Goldsmiths University of London, UK.
Abstract
As a mature student, Professor Heaton drew on her undergraduate studies in music and classical training in her PhD thesis, which explored music perception in autistic children. In 2002, the British Psychological Society awarded this work the prize for outstanding doctoral research contributions. Her experience developing and delivering the cross-departmental Psychology of Music module at Goldsmiths University sparked her interest in developing a cross-disciplinary approach to studying music in neurodevelopmental conditions, and in her talk, she will discuss the approach she took in her new book on autism and music.