The evolution of autistic-like and schizotypal traits: A sexual selection hypothesis
In this paper we present a new hypothesis on the evolution of autistic-like and schizotypal personality traits. We argue that autistic-like and schizotypal traits contribute in opposite ways to individual differences in reproductive and mating strategies, and have been maintained – at leas...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2010-08-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Psychology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2010.00041/full |