Event overview
Part of the Whitehead lecture series
The next Whitehead lecture in the Whitehead lecture series http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/cccc/whitehead.php will be given by Pamela Heaton of the Department of Psychology.
Pam will be talking on "Music and Autism" on Wednesday 12th November at 4 pm in the Ben Pimlott Building Lecture Theatre. An abstract for the lecture and short personal biography of the speaker follow below:
Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterised by difficulties in social and communicative domains. However, a striking feature of the disorder is that many individuals possess unusually good abilities within the domains of music and art. My talk will provide an overview of the experimental literature on music and autism and research findings will be discussed within the context of the disabilities associated with this disorder.
Dr Pamela Heaton is a Reader in neurodevelopmental disorders in the Department of Psychology. Her primary interest is in perception and cognition in Autism Spectrum Disorders and her doctoral work into musical cognition in autism was awarded the British Psychological Society prize for Outstanding Doctoral Research contributions to Psychology in 2004. Her most recent work has investigated absolute pitch across music and language domains and perception of prosody in autism.
More information on this lecture, and others in the Whitehead lecture series
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
|---|---|---|
| 12 Nov 2008 | 4:00pm - 5:00pm |
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