
Genetics of Human Mentality
Jon Karlsson(Author)
Praeger Publishers Inc
Published on 30. March 1991
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-0-275-93808-6 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
479 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-275-93808-6 (9780275938086)
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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).
Content
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