Publication: Specialised minds: extending adaptive explanations of personality to the evolution of psychopathology
Specialised minds: extending adaptive explanations of personality to the evolution of psychopathology
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Hunt, A. D., & Jaeggi, A. V. (2022). Specialised minds: extending adaptive explanations of personality to the evolution of psychopathology. Evolutionary Human Sciences, 4(E26), 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1017/ehs.2022.23
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Traditional evolutionary theory invoked natural and sexual selection to explain species- and sex-typical traits. However, some heritable inter-individual variability in behaviour and psychology – personality – is probably adaptive. Here we extend this insight to common psychopathological traits. Reviewing key findings from three background areas of importance – theoretical models, non-human personality and evolved human social dynamics – we propose that a combination of social niche specialisation, negative frequency-dependency, balan
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- Hunt, Adam D
- Jaeggi, Adrian V
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Hunt, A. D., & Jaeggi, A. V. (2022). Specialised minds: extending adaptive explanations of personality to the evolution of psychopathology. Evolutionary Human Sciences, 4(E26), 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1017/ehs.2022.23
