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