Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a complex disease associated with advanced age whose
causes are still not fully known. Approaching the disease from an evolutionary standpoint …

Olduvai (formerly DUF1220) protein domains have undergone the largest human-specific
increase in copy number of any coding region in the genome (∼ 300 copies of which 165 …

Some twenty percent of us are afflicted with common anxiety and depressive disorders--not
just brief bouts of nervousness or sorrow, but painful dysfunctions without obvious benefit …

This article proposes a reformulation of the social brain theory of schizophrenia. Contrary to
those who consider schizophrenia to be an inherently human condition, we suggest that it is …

Abstract The “Aberrant Salience Hypothesis”(ASH) is arguably the pre-eminent proximate,
theoretical model of psychosis in the current literature. As well as its consilience with …

Schizophrenia is a severe mental illness that has devastating consequences for those who
suffer from the disorder. The epidemiology of schizophrenia indicates that it occurs relatively …

Background There is a growing interest in the early assessment and treatment of
maladaptive forms of personality traits in adolescents, though little is known about effective …

Psychiatry is a branch of medicine that deals with mental disorders that manifest themselves
through disturbances in cognition, emotions, and behaviour. Like the rest of medicine but …

Klasický popisný přístup k diagnostice psychických poruch je pro psychiatra a
psychoanalytika Stavrose Mentzose nedostatečný. Mentzos se proto dlouhodobě zabývá …

Evolutionary Psychology: The Basics is a jargon-free and accessible introduction to
evolutionary psychology, which examines behaviour, thoughts, and emotions in relation to …