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Are there any serious investigations of whether "mathematicians do their best work when they...

I hope it's OK to post an answer to my own question since it's community-wiki. Here are a couple of things I found down this rabbit-hole. Dean Simonton at UC Davis has done some work claiming that th …
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Are there any serious investigations of whether "mathematicians do their best work when they...

There is no shortage of anecdotes and conjectures on both sides of this widespread belief, but good supporting data either way is harder to find. Can anyone provide any references for serious (prefera …