Is schizophrenia the price that Homo sapiens pays for language?

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 127-141

  Crow, Timothy J ^a  

^a WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dominance; Language; Nuclear; Schizophrenia; Speciation

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; EVOLUTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX CHROMOSOME; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX CHROMOSOMES; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0031578929     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-9964(97)00110-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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