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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... studies of language impairment . Colour vision is identified as a universal , and the breakdown in its control mechanisms is explored in studies of colour blindness . However , the relation between evolutionary psychology and psycho ...
... studies of language impairment . Colour vision is identified as a universal , and the breakdown in its control mechanisms is explored in studies of colour blindness . However , the relation between evolutionary psychology and psycho ...
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... Studies with the Wason selection task . Cognition , 31 , 187–276 . Frith , C. ( 1992 ) . The cognitive neuropsychology of schizophrenia . Hillsdale , NJ : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Inc. Morton , J. , Frith , U. , & Leslie , A. ( 1990 ) ...
... Studies with the Wason selection task . Cognition , 31 , 187–276 . Frith , C. ( 1992 ) . The cognitive neuropsychology of schizophrenia . Hillsdale , NJ : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Inc. Morton , J. , Frith , U. , & Leslie , A. ( 1990 ) ...
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... studies could be compared , a new approach to psychiatric diagnosis was created , one that emphasizes sharp boundaries around clusters of current symptoms instead of continuous gradations of emotions caused by psychological factors ...
... studies could be compared , a new approach to psychiatric diagnosis was created , one that emphasizes sharp boundaries around clusters of current symptoms instead of continuous gradations of emotions caused by psychological factors ...
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... studies of the human face demonstrate the cross - cultural universality of emotions . Others emphasize the utility of emotions for motiva- tion or other internal regulation , but emotions have not been shaped to perform one or even ...
... studies of the human face demonstrate the cross - cultural universality of emotions . Others emphasize the utility of emotions for motiva- tion or other internal regulation , but emotions have not been shaped to perform one or even ...
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... studies to be done , the characteristics of sadness and the situations that arouse it provide clues that may help us to discover its functions . The losses that cause sadness are losses of reproductive resources . Whether of money , a ...
... studies to be done , the characteristics of sadness and the situations that arouse it provide clues that may help us to discover its functions . The losses that cause sadness are losses of reproductive resources . Whether of money , a ...
Contents
| 1 | |
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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The Maladapted Mind: Classic Readings in Evolutionary Psychopathology Simon Baron-Cohen Limited preview - 2013 |
The Maladapted Mind: Classic Readings in Evolutionary Psychopathology Simon Baron-Cohen Limited preview - 1997 |
The Maladapted Mind: Classic Readings in Evolutionary Psychopathology Simon Baron-Cohen Limited preview - 1997 |
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