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Glenn Wilson: The Thin Line Between Genius and Madness

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Gresham College

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Partner:: Gresham College
Location:: Museum of London
London, England
Event Date:: 11.06.12
Speaker:: Dr. Glenn Wilson
Tags:: psychologist; arts; artist; creativity; Psychology of Art; Psychology of Creativity; Applied Psychology; mental illness

Summary: "Great wits are sure to madness near allied, and thin partitions do their bounds divide" (Dryden). There often seems to be a link between creativity and mental illness. Many great poets, playwrights, artists and composers suffered from depression, alcoholism, obsessionality, bipolar or psychotic disorders at some time in their lives. How strong is the link and what might account for it? Are these disorders beneficial to the creative process or a drawback that must be overcome?
For transcript and download versions of this lecture, please visit the event's page on the Gresham College website: Genius or Madness?

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Dr. Glenn Wilson

As well as being one of Britain's best-known psychologists, Glenn Wilson is the Visiting Gresham Professor of Psychology. He has appeared on numerous television and radio programs and has published more than 150 scientific articles and 33 books.

He is an expert on individual differences; social and political attitudes; sexual behavior, deviation and dysfunction; and psychology applied to the performing arts. Not one to shy away from contention, his most recent books include: Born Gay: The Psychobiology of Sex Orientation, The Secret of Lasting Love and Psychology for Performing Artists.He has lectured widely abroad, having been a guest of the Italian Cultural Association, and a visiting professor at California State University, Los Angeles, San Francisco State University, Stanford University, the University of Nevada, Reno and Sierra Nevada College.

Apart from being a professional psychologist, Dr. Wilson trained as an opera singer at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and still undertakes professional engagements as an actor, singer and director.

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01.: Isaac Newton

01 min 39 sec

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02.: Beethoven

00 min 53 sec

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03.: Van Gogh

01 min 54 sec

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04.: Nikola Tesla

01 min 47 sec

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05.: John Nash

00 min 49 sec

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06.: Galileo

02 min 13 sec

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07.: Relatives of Creative People Have Higher Rates of Schizophrenia

03 min 26 sec

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08.: Cradles of Eminence - Childhood Trauma

02 min 04 sec

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09.: What Links Genius and Madness?

01 min 54 sec

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10.: Personality & Creativity

01 min 48 sec

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11.: Schizophrenic Thinking - Loose Asscoiations

02 min 14 sec

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12.: Overinclusive Thinking

01 min 15 sec

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13.: Apophenia

01 min 29 sec

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14.: Bipolar Disorder

02 min 20 sec

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15.: Psychosis and Mood Disorder

01 min 10 sec

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16.: The Autistic Spectrum

02 min 05 sec

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17.: The Savant Phenomenon

01 min 35 sec

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18.: Artistic Madness - Louis Wain

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19.: Creatives Appear Semi-Psychotic

01 min 36 sec

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20.: Why Does Schizophrenia Survive in the Gene Pool?

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21.: Insight and Control

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22.: Dali: Mad or Not?

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Relatives of Creative People More Prone to Schizophrenia

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Glenn Wilson, visiting professor of psychology at Gresham College, acknowledges that reports of famous mad geniuses throughout history may be overblown. Evidence, however, suggests relatives of creative people have higher rates of schizophrenia than the geniuses themselves.
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