Artigo Revisado por pares

More method in the mad-genius controversy: A historiometric study of 204 historic creators.

2014; American Psychological Association; Volume: 8; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1037/a0035367

ISSN

1931-390X

Autores

Dean Keith Simonton,

Tópico(s)

Aesthetic Perception and Analysis

Resumo

The so-called mad-genius controversy cannot be resolved without applying more sophisticated historiometric methods to the issue. It is especially important to recognize that (a) both eminence and psychopathology are quantitative rather than qualitative variables, (b) the two variables must be indepe

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