The descent of madness : evolutionary origins of psychosis and the social brain / Jonathan Burns.
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TextPublication details: London : Routledge, 2007.Description: 264 p. ; 24 cmISBN: - 9781583917435 (pbk.) :
- 9781583917428 (hbk.) :
- 9781583917435 (pbk.) :
- 616.89 BUR
- RC512 .B87 2007
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Includes bibliographical references.
1.Introduction -- 2.A history and pre-history of madness -- 3.Evolutionary principles of the origins of psychosis -- 4.Evolutionary genetics of psychosis -- 5.A social brain for a social world -- 6.The evolution of the social brain -- 7.Schizophrenia and the social brain -- 8.The dysconnectivity huypothesis of schizophrenia -- 10.The costly legacy of an evolved social brain.
Drawing on evidence from across the behavioural and natural sciences, this book advances a radical new hypothesis: that madness exists as a costly consequence of the evolution of a sophisticated social brain in Homo sapiens.