Jon L. Karlsson

Genetics of Human Mentality

Herausgeber: Katz, Bernard

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

According to Jon Karlsson, the influence of genetic factors on human mentality has been neglected for many years in the study of intelligence. He contends that the evidence for biological influences on human intelligence is too compelling to be ignored any longer. Karlsson believes that such influences can be positive, and that ways can be found to measure their importance. Serious efforts are necessary to extend the scope of basic conceptions concerning the structure of the brain and to explore the mysteries of the physiological mechanisms that govern the human mind. The research reported in this volume suggests some approaches that might prove useful. Karlsson believes that an effective approach to the genetics of mentality can be built around studies of serious brain abnormalities. Beginning with the idea that psychosis probably has a genetic bond to creativity, he argues that parallel possibilities exist in relation to other frequently occurring disorders. The product of many years of research, this work is certain to be a source of both controversy and of new ideas for the study of human intellectual development.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. März 1991
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 479g
• ISBN-13: 9780275938086
• ISBN-10: 0275938085
• Artikelnr.: 25568650

Autorenporträt

JON L. KARLSSON has extensive research and clinical experience in mental disorders, and has served as the Director of the Institute of Genetics in Reykjavik, Iceland. Dr. Karlsson has written two previous books on human genetics, The Biologic Basis of Schizophrenia (1966) and Inheritance of Creative Intelligence (1978).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface General Conceptions of Human Personality Growth of Intellectual
Functions Measures of Mental Capacity Past Exploratory Studies of Bright
Persons Basis of Mental Traits and Related Disorders Approaches to Genetics
of Intelligence Hereditary Foundations of Nearsightedness Inheritance of
Psychotic Tendencies Family Aspects of Alcohol Abuse Genetics of Other
Frequent Disorders Survey of Mentality Genes in Iceland The People of
Iceland A Cohort of University Students Honors Students and Creative
Writers Social Leaders and Professional Groups Genetic Endowments of
Unskilled Workers Personality Effects Associated with Specific Genes
Mentality of Schizophrenia Carriers Success and the Alcoholism Gene Brain
Effects Associated with Myopia Carriers of Other Frequent Genes
Evolutionary Patterns in Brain Development Mechanisms of Mental Effects of
Mutant Genes Foundations of Creative Thinking Biology of Human Cultural
Advances References Index