The Descent of Madness: Evolutionary Origins of Psychosis and the Social Brain

By Jonathan Burns

Book Overview

This book advances a radical new hypothesis: that madness exists as a costly consequence of the evolution of a sophisticated social brain in Homo sapiens.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 158391742X
• ISBN13: 9781583917428
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"