The descent of madness : evolutionary origins of psychosis and the social brain /

Main Author: Burns, Jonathan, 1968-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London New York: Routledge, 2007
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • A history and pre-history of madness
  • Evolutionary principles of the origins of psychosis
  • Evolutionary genetics of psychosis
  • A social brain for a social world
  • The evolution of the social brain
  • Schizophrenia and the social brain
  • The dysconnectivity hypothesis of schizophrenia
  • Evolutionary ontogeny of schizophrenia
  • The costly legacy of an evolved social brain