Hominin life history, pathological complexity, and the evolution of anxiety

Veit, Walter and Browning, Heather ORCID: 0000-0003-1554-7052 (2023) Hominin life history, pathological complexity, and the evolution of anxiety. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 46. ISSN 0140-525X

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Abstract

In order to address why the number of patients suffering from anxiety and depression are seemingly exploding in Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic (WEIRD) countries, it is sensible to look at the evolution of human fearfulness responses. Here, we draw on Veit's pathological complexity framework to advance Grossmann's goal of re-characterizing human fearfulness as an adaptive trait.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/behavioral...
Additional Information:	© 2023 The Authors
Divisions:	CPNSS
Subjects:	R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Date Deposited:	02 Jun 2023 12:51
Last Modified:	29 Apr 2024 20:27
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/119324

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