Did Mozart suffer from Asperger syndrome?

J Med Biogr

via Prisciano 26, Rome, Italy

Published: May 2015

The most reliable biographies of Mozart highlight elements that are compatible with current diagnostic criteria for Asperger syndrome including qualitative impairment in social interaction and stereotyped and repetitive motor mannerisms. Furthermore, numerous features are documented including difficulty in communicating his emotional state and in inferring the mental state of his interlocutors, motor clumsiness, specific skills and genius, left-handedness, special sense of humour, physical developmental abnormalities, bizarre thinking, overvalued ideas and delusions.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0967772013503763DOI Listing

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