Abstract
Strong recent selection for social cognition may well explain the persistence of genes that predispose to schizophrenia. The specific mechanism responsible may be a skewed fitness function in which selection pushes the mean for advantageous mental traits perilously close to a "fitness cliff" where the system fails catastrophically in some individuals.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 862-863 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | Behavioral and Brain Sciences |
Volume | 27 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 1 2004 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
- Physiology
- Behavioral Neuroscience