Schizotypy, creativity and mating success in humans

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1586, 2006, Pages 611-615

  Nettle, Daniel ^a   Clegg, Helen ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Creativity; Mate choice; Schizophrenia; Schizotypy

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; MATE ATTRACTION; MATE CHOICE; MATING SUCCESS;

ADULT; ART; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATING; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; LITERATURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER;

ADULT; ART; CREATIVENESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POETRY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33645765522     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3349     Document Type: Article

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