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Behavioral Genetics [[electronic resource] ] : The Clash of Culture and Biology
Behavioral Genetics [[electronic resource] ] : The Clash of Culture and Biology
Autore Carson Ronald A
Pubbl/distr/stampa Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (228 p.)
Disciplina 616.89/042
Altri autori (Persone) RothsteinMark A
Soggetto topico Behavior genetics
Genetics -- Sociological aspects
Biology
Health & Biological Sciences
Genetics
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 0-8018-7492-0
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Contents; Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgments; Contributors; 1 Amazing Grace: Sources of Phenotypic Variation in Genetic Boosterism; 2 In the Mainstream: Research in Behavioral Genetics; 3 Identifying the Molecular Genetic Basis of Behavioral Traits; 4 Complexity and Research Strategies in Behavioral Genetics; 5 Behavioral Genetic Determinism: Its Effects on Culture and Law; 6 Predicting and Punishing Antisocial Acts: How the Criminal Justice System Might Use Behavioral Genetics; 7 Behavioral Genetics and Dismantling the Welfare State; 8 The Social Consequences of Genetic Disclosure
9 The Fate of the Responsible Self in a Genetic AgeIndex
Record Nr. UNINA-9910455059303321
Carson Ronald A  
Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003
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Behavioral Genetics [[electronic resource] ] : The Clash of Culture and Biology
Behavioral Genetics [[electronic resource] ] : The Clash of Culture and Biology
Autore Carson Ronald A
Pubbl/distr/stampa Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (228 p.)
Disciplina 616.89/042
Altri autori (Persone) RothsteinMark A
Soggetto topico Behavior genetics
Genetics -- Sociological aspects
Biology
Health & Biological Sciences
Genetics
ISBN 0-8018-7492-0
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Contents; Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgments; Contributors; 1 Amazing Grace: Sources of Phenotypic Variation in Genetic Boosterism; 2 In the Mainstream: Research in Behavioral Genetics; 3 Identifying the Molecular Genetic Basis of Behavioral Traits; 4 Complexity and Research Strategies in Behavioral Genetics; 5 Behavioral Genetic Determinism: Its Effects on Culture and Law; 6 Predicting and Punishing Antisocial Acts: How the Criminal Justice System Might Use Behavioral Genetics; 7 Behavioral Genetics and Dismantling the Welfare State; 8 The Social Consequences of Genetic Disclosure
9 The Fate of the Responsible Self in a Genetic AgeIndex
Record Nr. UNINA-9910780029503321
Carson Ronald A  
Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003
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Behavioral Genetics : The Clash of Culture and Biology
Behavioral Genetics : The Clash of Culture and Biology
Autore Carson Ronald A
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (228 p.)
Disciplina 616.89/042
Altri autori (Persone) RothsteinMark A
Soggetto topico Behavior genetics
Genetics -- Sociological aspects
Biology
Health & Biological Sciences
Genetics
ISBN 0-8018-7492-0
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Contents; Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgments; Contributors; 1 Amazing Grace: Sources of Phenotypic Variation in Genetic Boosterism; 2 In the Mainstream: Research in Behavioral Genetics; 3 Identifying the Molecular Genetic Basis of Behavioral Traits; 4 Complexity and Research Strategies in Behavioral Genetics; 5 Behavioral Genetic Determinism: Its Effects on Culture and Law; 6 Predicting and Punishing Antisocial Acts: How the Criminal Justice System Might Use Behavioral Genetics; 7 Behavioral Genetics and Dismantling the Welfare State; 8 The Social Consequences of Genetic Disclosure
9 The Fate of the Responsible Self in a Genetic AgeIndex
Record Nr. UNINA-9910822969503321
Carson Ronald A  
Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003
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Brave new brain [[electronic resource] ] : conquering mental illness in the era of the genome / / Nancy C. Andreasen
Brave new brain [[electronic resource] ] : conquering mental illness in the era of the genome / / Nancy C. Andreasen
Autore Andreasen Nancy C
Pubbl/distr/stampa Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (389 p.)
Disciplina 616.89/042
Soggetto topico Mental illness
Mental illness - Genetic aspects
Human genome
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-280-53175-4
9786610531752
0-19-530286-9
0-19-803315-X
1-60256-849-9
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Part I: BROKEN BRAINS AND TROUBLED MINDS -- CHAPTER 1 Brave New Brain: Confronting the Burden of Mental Illness -- CHAPTER 2 A Waking Nightmare: Mental Illness and Ordinary People -- CHAPTER 3 Broken Brains, Troubled Minds: Being Blinded by False Dichotomies -- Part II: MIND MEETS MOLECULE -- CHAPTER 4 The Brain: The Mind's Dynamic Orchestra -- CHAPTER 5 Mapping the Genome: The Blueprint of Life ... and Death -- CHAPTER 6 Mapping the Mind: Using Neuroimaging to Observe How the Brain Thinks -- Part III: THE BURDEN OF MENTAL ILLNESS -- CHAPTER 7 Understanding What Mental Illnesses Are: The Past Is Prologue to Progress -- CHAPTER 8 Schizophrenia: A Mind Divided -- CHAPTER 9 Mood Disorders: Riding the Emotional Roller Coaster -- CHAPTER 10 Dementias: A Death in Life -- CHAPTER 11 Anxiety Disorders: The Stress Regulator Goes Wild -- Part IV: BRAVE NEW BRAIN -- CHAPTER 12 O Brave New World: Conquering Mental Illness in the Era of the Genome -- References and Suggested Readings -- Index.
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Andreasen Nancy C  
Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001
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Brave new brain [[electronic resource] ] : conquering mental illness in the era of the genome / / Nancy C. Andreasen
Brave new brain [[electronic resource] ] : conquering mental illness in the era of the genome / / Nancy C. Andreasen
Autore Andreasen Nancy C
Pubbl/distr/stampa Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (389 p.)
Disciplina 616.89/042
Soggetto topico Mental illness
Mental illness - Genetic aspects
Human genome
ISBN 0-19-770584-7
1-280-53175-4
9786610531752
0-19-530286-9
0-19-803315-X
1-60256-849-9
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Part I: BROKEN BRAINS AND TROUBLED MINDS -- CHAPTER 1 Brave New Brain: Confronting the Burden of Mental Illness -- CHAPTER 2 A Waking Nightmare: Mental Illness and Ordinary People -- CHAPTER 3 Broken Brains, Troubled Minds: Being Blinded by False Dichotomies -- Part II: MIND MEETS MOLECULE -- CHAPTER 4 The Brain: The Mind's Dynamic Orchestra -- CHAPTER 5 Mapping the Genome: The Blueprint of Life ... and Death -- CHAPTER 6 Mapping the Mind: Using Neuroimaging to Observe How the Brain Thinks -- Part III: THE BURDEN OF MENTAL ILLNESS -- CHAPTER 7 Understanding What Mental Illnesses Are: The Past Is Prologue to Progress -- CHAPTER 8 Schizophrenia: A Mind Divided -- CHAPTER 9 Mood Disorders: Riding the Emotional Roller Coaster -- CHAPTER 10 Dementias: A Death in Life -- CHAPTER 11 Anxiety Disorders: The Stress Regulator Goes Wild -- Part IV: BRAVE NEW BRAIN -- CHAPTER 12 O Brave New World: Conquering Mental Illness in the Era of the Genome -- References and Suggested Readings -- Index.
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Andreasen Nancy C  
Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001
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Brave new brain [[electronic resource] ] : conquering mental illness in the era of the genome / / Nancy C. Andreasen
Brave new brain [[electronic resource] ] : conquering mental illness in the era of the genome / / Nancy C. Andreasen
Autore Andreasen Nancy C
Pubbl/distr/stampa Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (389 p.)
Disciplina 616.89/042
Soggetto topico Mental illness
Mental illness - Genetic aspects
Human genome
ISBN 0-19-770584-7
1-280-53175-4
9786610531752
0-19-530286-9
0-19-803315-X
1-60256-849-9
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Part I: BROKEN BRAINS AND TROUBLED MINDS -- CHAPTER 1 Brave New Brain: Confronting the Burden of Mental Illness -- CHAPTER 2 A Waking Nightmare: Mental Illness and Ordinary People -- CHAPTER 3 Broken Brains, Troubled Minds: Being Blinded by False Dichotomies -- Part II: MIND MEETS MOLECULE -- CHAPTER 4 The Brain: The Mind's Dynamic Orchestra -- CHAPTER 5 Mapping the Genome: The Blueprint of Life ... and Death -- CHAPTER 6 Mapping the Mind: Using Neuroimaging to Observe How the Brain Thinks -- Part III: THE BURDEN OF MENTAL ILLNESS -- CHAPTER 7 Understanding What Mental Illnesses Are: The Past Is Prologue to Progress -- CHAPTER 8 Schizophrenia: A Mind Divided -- CHAPTER 9 Mood Disorders: Riding the Emotional Roller Coaster -- CHAPTER 10 Dementias: A Death in Life -- CHAPTER 11 Anxiety Disorders: The Stress Regulator Goes Wild -- Part IV: BRAVE NEW BRAIN -- CHAPTER 12 O Brave New World: Conquering Mental Illness in the Era of the Genome -- References and Suggested Readings -- Index.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910811930603321
Andreasen Nancy C  
Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001
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The gene illusion [[electronic resource] ] : genetic research in psychiatry and psychology under the microscope / / Jay Joseph
The gene illusion [[electronic resource] ] : genetic research in psychiatry and psychology under the microscope / / Jay Joseph
Autore Joseph Jay
Pubbl/distr/stampa New York, : Algora Pub., 2004
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (417 p.)
Disciplina 616.89/042
Soggetto topico Mental illness - Genetic aspects
Genetic psychology
Twins - Psychology - Research - Methodology
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 0-87586-345-0
1-4175-6159-9
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto ""Acknowledgments""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""The Gene Illusion""; ""The Gene Illusion""; ""Genetic Research""; ""in Psychiatry and Psychology Under the Microscope""; ""Jay Joseph, Psy.D.""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Chapter 1. Introduction""; ""Outline of the Chapters""; ""Family Studies""; ""Terms Used in the Book""; ""Chapter 2. Twin Research: Misunderstanding Twins, From Galton to the 21st Century""; ""Twin Research from 1870 to 1924""; ""Galton""; ""Thorndike""; ""Origins of the Twin Method""; ""Developments in Twin Research, 1924-1945""; ""Early Criticism of the Twin Method""
""Developments in North America"" ""Twins Reared Apart""; ""The Co-twin Control Method""; ""Twin Research in Germany""; ""Twin Research From 1945-1960""; ""Kallmann""; ""Selected Topics in Twin Research""; ""Twin Research From 1960 to 1980""; ""Don Jackson's Critique of Schizophrenia Twin Research""; ""Nadir""; ""Twin Research Makes a Comeback""; ""Twin Research in the 1970's""; ""Twin Research from 1980 to the Present""; ""Conclusions""; ""Chapter 3. The Twin Method: An Environmentally Confounded Research Technique""; ""The Equal Environment Assumption (EEA)""; ""Two Definitions""
""Do Identical and Fraternal Twins Create Differing Environments?"" ""Kendler's Theoretical Retreat""; ""A Critique of the Trait-Relevant Equal Environment Assumption""; ""Family Studies and the Trait-Relevant EEA""; ""What Leading Twin Researchers Say About the EEA""; ""Attempts to Test the Validity of the Equal Environment Assumption""; ""Loehlin and Nichols, 1976""; ""Scarr and Carter-Saltzman""; ""Conclusions""; ""Chapter 4: Genetic Studies of Twins Reared Apart: A Critical Review""; ""Part I: Identical Twins Reared Apart as Folklore""; ""Influence of the Cohort""
""Part II: Scientific Studies of Twins Reared Apart"" ""The Myth of the Separated Identical Twins""; ""The Minnesota Study of Twins Reared Apart""; ""Secret Data, Secret Lives""; ""Environmental Factors Contributing to MZA Resemblance""; ""What About the DZA Correlations?""; ""MZTs (or DZAs) as the Control Group: The Invalidating Flaw of All Twins Reared Apart Studies""; ""What a Valid MZA Study Might Look Like""; ""Conclusions""; ""Chapter 5. The Heritability Concept: A Measure of Inheritance or Inherently Misleading?""; ""What Heritability Is and What It Is Not""
""Origins of the Heritability Concept"" ""What is the Purpose of a Heritability Coefficient?""; ""An Exchange on the Meaning of Heritability""; ""A Heritability Estimate: The Product of Environmentally Confounded Research""; ""Heritability and Psychiatric Disorders""; ""Conclusions""; ""Chapter 6. The Genetics of Schizophrenia I: Overview""; ""History and Prevalence of Schizophrenia""; ""The Genetic Theory of Schizophrenia""; ""Schizophrenia Twin Research""; ""Three Low Concordance Rate Studies""; ""Schizophrenia Twin Researchers' Interpretations of Concordance Rate Differences""
""Same Sex- and Opposite-Sex Fraternal Twin Concordance Rates""
Record Nr. UNINA-9910462979703321
Joseph Jay  
New York, : Algora Pub., 2004
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The gene illusion [[electronic resource] ] : genetic research in psychiatry and psychology under the microscope / / Jay Joseph
The gene illusion [[electronic resource] ] : genetic research in psychiatry and psychology under the microscope / / Jay Joseph
Autore Joseph Jay
Pubbl/distr/stampa New York, : Algora Pub., 2004
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (417 p.)
Disciplina 616.89/042
Soggetto topico Mental illness - Genetic aspects
Genetic psychology
Twins - Psychology - Research - Methodology
ISBN 0-87586-345-0
1-4175-6159-9
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto ""Acknowledgments""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""The Gene Illusion""; ""The Gene Illusion""; ""Genetic Research""; ""in Psychiatry and Psychology Under the Microscope""; ""Jay Joseph, Psy.D.""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Chapter 1. Introduction""; ""Outline of the Chapters""; ""Family Studies""; ""Terms Used in the Book""; ""Chapter 2. Twin Research: Misunderstanding Twins, From Galton to the 21st Century""; ""Twin Research from 1870 to 1924""; ""Galton""; ""Thorndike""; ""Origins of the Twin Method""; ""Developments in Twin Research, 1924-1945""; ""Early Criticism of the Twin Method""
""Developments in North America"" ""Twins Reared Apart""; ""The Co-twin Control Method""; ""Twin Research in Germany""; ""Twin Research From 1945-1960""; ""Kallmann""; ""Selected Topics in Twin Research""; ""Twin Research From 1960 to 1980""; ""Don Jackson's Critique of Schizophrenia Twin Research""; ""Nadir""; ""Twin Research Makes a Comeback""; ""Twin Research in the 1970's""; ""Twin Research from 1980 to the Present""; ""Conclusions""; ""Chapter 3. The Twin Method: An Environmentally Confounded Research Technique""; ""The Equal Environment Assumption (EEA)""; ""Two Definitions""
""Do Identical and Fraternal Twins Create Differing Environments?"" ""Kendler's Theoretical Retreat""; ""A Critique of the Trait-Relevant Equal Environment Assumption""; ""Family Studies and the Trait-Relevant EEA""; ""What Leading Twin Researchers Say About the EEA""; ""Attempts to Test the Validity of the Equal Environment Assumption""; ""Loehlin and Nichols, 1976""; ""Scarr and Carter-Saltzman""; ""Conclusions""; ""Chapter 4: Genetic Studies of Twins Reared Apart: A Critical Review""; ""Part I: Identical Twins Reared Apart as Folklore""; ""Influence of the Cohort""
""Part II: Scientific Studies of Twins Reared Apart"" ""The Myth of the Separated Identical Twins""; ""The Minnesota Study of Twins Reared Apart""; ""Secret Data, Secret Lives""; ""Environmental Factors Contributing to MZA Resemblance""; ""What About the DZA Correlations?""; ""MZTs (or DZAs) as the Control Group: The Invalidating Flaw of All Twins Reared Apart Studies""; ""What a Valid MZA Study Might Look Like""; ""Conclusions""; ""Chapter 5. The Heritability Concept: A Measure of Inheritance or Inherently Misleading?""; ""What Heritability Is and What It Is Not""
""Origins of the Heritability Concept"" ""What is the Purpose of a Heritability Coefficient?""; ""An Exchange on the Meaning of Heritability""; ""A Heritability Estimate: The Product of Environmentally Confounded Research""; ""Heritability and Psychiatric Disorders""; ""Conclusions""; ""Chapter 6. The Genetics of Schizophrenia I: Overview""; ""History and Prevalence of Schizophrenia""; ""The Genetic Theory of Schizophrenia""; ""Schizophrenia Twin Research""; ""Three Low Concordance Rate Studies""; ""Schizophrenia Twin Researchers' Interpretations of Concordance Rate Differences""
""Same Sex- and Opposite-Sex Fraternal Twin Concordance Rates""
Record Nr. UNINA-9910786165703321
Joseph Jay  
New York, : Algora Pub., 2004
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The gene illusion : genetic research in psychiatry and psychology under the microscope / / Jay Joseph
The gene illusion : genetic research in psychiatry and psychology under the microscope / / Jay Joseph
Autore Joseph Jay
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa New York, : Algora Pub., 2004
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (417 p.)
Disciplina 616.89/042
616.89042
Soggetto topico Mental illness - Genetic aspects
Genetic psychology
Twins - Psychology - Research - Methodology
ISBN 0-87586-345-0
1-4175-6159-9
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto ""Acknowledgments""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""The Gene Illusion""; ""The Gene Illusion""; ""Genetic Research""; ""in Psychiatry and Psychology Under the Microscope""; ""Jay Joseph, Psy.D.""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Chapter 1. Introduction""; ""Outline of the Chapters""; ""Family Studies""; ""Terms Used in the Book""; ""Chapter 2. Twin Research: Misunderstanding Twins, From Galton to the 21st Century""; ""Twin Research from 1870 to 1924""; ""Galton""; ""Thorndike""; ""Origins of the Twin Method""; ""Developments in Twin Research, 1924-1945""; ""Early Criticism of the Twin Method""
""Developments in North America"" ""Twins Reared Apart""; ""The Co-twin Control Method""; ""Twin Research in Germany""; ""Twin Research From 1945-1960""; ""Kallmann""; ""Selected Topics in Twin Research""; ""Twin Research From 1960 to 1980""; ""Don Jackson's Critique of Schizophrenia Twin Research""; ""Nadir""; ""Twin Research Makes a Comeback""; ""Twin Research in the 1970's""; ""Twin Research from 1980 to the Present""; ""Conclusions""; ""Chapter 3. The Twin Method: An Environmentally Confounded Research Technique""; ""The Equal Environment Assumption (EEA)""; ""Two Definitions""
""Do Identical and Fraternal Twins Create Differing Environments?"" ""Kendler's Theoretical Retreat""; ""A Critique of the Trait-Relevant Equal Environment Assumption""; ""Family Studies and the Trait-Relevant EEA""; ""What Leading Twin Researchers Say About the EEA""; ""Attempts to Test the Validity of the Equal Environment Assumption""; ""Loehlin and Nichols, 1976""; ""Scarr and Carter-Saltzman""; ""Conclusions""; ""Chapter 4: Genetic Studies of Twins Reared Apart: A Critical Review""; ""Part I: Identical Twins Reared Apart as Folklore""; ""Influence of the Cohort""
""Part II: Scientific Studies of Twins Reared Apart"" ""The Myth of the Separated Identical Twins""; ""The Minnesota Study of Twins Reared Apart""; ""Secret Data, Secret Lives""; ""Environmental Factors Contributing to MZA Resemblance""; ""What About the DZA Correlations?""; ""MZTs (or DZAs) as the Control Group: The Invalidating Flaw of All Twins Reared Apart Studies""; ""What a Valid MZA Study Might Look Like""; ""Conclusions""; ""Chapter 5. The Heritability Concept: A Measure of Inheritance or Inherently Misleading?""; ""What Heritability Is and What It Is Not""
""Origins of the Heritability Concept"" ""What is the Purpose of a Heritability Coefficient?""; ""An Exchange on the Meaning of Heritability""; ""A Heritability Estimate: The Product of Environmentally Confounded Research""; ""Heritability and Psychiatric Disorders""; ""Conclusions""; ""Chapter 6. The Genetics of Schizophrenia I: Overview""; ""History and Prevalence of Schizophrenia""; ""The Genetic Theory of Schizophrenia""; ""Schizophrenia Twin Research""; ""Three Low Concordance Rate Studies""; ""Schizophrenia Twin Researchers' Interpretations of Concordance Rate Differences""
""Same Sex- and Opposite-Sex Fraternal Twin Concordance Rates""
Record Nr. UNINA-9910827100403321
Joseph Jay  
New York, : Algora Pub., 2004
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The imprinted brain [[electronic resource] ] : how genes set the balance between autism and psychosis / / Christopher Badcock
The imprinted brain [[electronic resource] ] : how genes set the balance between autism and psychosis / / Christopher Badcock
Autore Badcock C. R
Pubbl/distr/stampa Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, c2009
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (260 p.)
Disciplina 616.89/042
616.89042
Soggetto topico Autism - Genetic aspects
Psychoses - Genetic aspects
Genomic imprinting
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-282-29750-3
9786612297502
1-84642-950-1
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto FRONT COVER; The Imprinted Brain How Genes Set the Balance Between Autism and Psychosis; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 Autism and Its Compensations; Autism, schizophrenia, and Asperger's syndrome; Savants and savantism; People people and things people; Mechanistic or systemizing?; Chapter 2 Deficits in Mind; Not seeing the wood for the trees; Mind-blindness; Mentalism; From attention to intention; Chapter 3 From Gaze to Grandeur; Delusions of gaze; The why and how of passion and persecution; Conspiracies and magic; The sense of self in ASD and psychosis
Chapter 4 Cancers of the MindMemory, self-deception, and candour; Hyper-mentalism; Magic and religion; Mental metastasis; Chapter 5 The Battle of the Sexes in the Brain; Strange inheritance; The extreme male brain; Genomic imprinting; Imprinting and the brain; Mother's baby-father's? Maybe!; Chapter 6 Sex and Psychosis; The X in psychosis; Psychosis, poverty, and pathogens; Handedness, belief, and the brain; Paranoia and homosexuality; ASD, PSD, and normality; Chapter 7 Beyond the Balanced Brain; The cognitive configuration of genius; The genius of detective fiction; Psychotic savants
The case of FreudTherapeutic implications of the imprinted brain theory; NOTES; REFERENCES; INDEX; back cover
Record Nr. UNINA-9910455301303321
Badcock C. R  
Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, c2009
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