Specialised minds: extending adaptive explanations of personality to the evolution of psychopathology
Traditional evolutionary theory invoked natural and sexual selection to explain species- and sex-typical traits. However, some heritable inter-individual variability in behaviour and psychology – personality – is probably adaptive. Here we extend this insight to common psychopathological traits. Rev...
Main Authors: | Adam D. Hunt, Adrian V. Jaeggi |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2022-01-01
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Series: | Evolutionary Human Sciences |
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Online Access: | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2513843X22000238/type/journal_article |
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