The Maladapted Mind: Classic Readings in Evolutionary PsychopathologySimon Baron-Cohen Newly available in paperback, this is the first book to bring together classic and contemporary readings illustrating the new subdiscipline, evolutionary psychopathology. Each chapter demonstrates how evolutionary arguments are being brought to bear on the study of a different psychiatric condition or pathalogical behaviour. The Maladapted Mind is aimed primarily at primarily at advanced students and researchers in the fields of psychiatry, abnormal psychology, biological anthropology, evolutionary biology and cognitive science. |
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... Ethology and Sociobiology ( 1994 ) , 15 , 247–261 . Publisher : Elsevier Science Publishing Co. Inc. Chapter 5 : Ethology and Sociobiology ( 1987 ) , 8 , 73S - 83S . Publisher : Elsevier Science Publishing Co. Inc. Chapter 6 : Cognition ...
... Ethology and Sociobiology ( 1994 ) , 15 , 247–261 . Publisher : Elsevier Science Publishing Co. Inc. Chapter 5 : Ethology and Sociobiology ( 1987 ) , 8 , 73S - 83S . Publisher : Elsevier Science Publishing Co. Inc. Chapter 6 : Cognition ...
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... Ethology and Sociobiology ( 1992 ) , 13 , 3-18 . Publisher : Elsevier Science Publishing Co. Inc. Chapter 10 : Cahiers de Psychologie Cognitive / Current Psychology of Cognition ( 1994 ) , 13 , 513–552 . Publisher : Association pour la ...
... Ethology and Sociobiology ( 1992 ) , 13 , 3-18 . Publisher : Elsevier Science Publishing Co. Inc. Chapter 10 : Cahiers de Psychologie Cognitive / Current Psychology of Cognition ( 1994 ) , 13 , 513–552 . Publisher : Association pour la ...
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Contents
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A basic science for psychiatry? | 23 |
Darwinian theory in the service of medicine and psychiatry | 39 |
An evolutionary analysis of anxiety disorders | 57 |
5 An evolutionary perspective on panic disorder and agoraphobia | 73 |
Investigating the psychopath | 85 |
7 Evolutionary social psychology and family homicide | 115 |
An integrated evolutionary model | 133 |
9 The evolution of the con Artist | 189 |
Cognitive mechanisms in mindreading | 207 |
11 The social competition hypothesis of depression | 241 |
12 Depression in evolutionary context | 255 |
Subject Author Index | 283 |
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