Mechanisms of madness: Evolutionary psychiatry without evolutionary psychology

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-56

  Gerrans, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Delusions; Dopamine; Evolutionary psychiatry; Mental time travel; Neural networks; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 33947364833     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: 15728404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10539-006-9025-y     Document Type: Article

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