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

Veit, Walter and Browning, Heather (2023) Hominin life history, pathological complexity, and the evolution of anxiety. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 46, [e79]. (doi:10.1017/S0140525X22001923).

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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.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 8 May 2023

Published date: 8 May 2023

Additional Information: Funding Information: WV's research was supported under Australian Research Council's Discovery Projects funding scheme (project number FL170100160). Funding Information: WV's research was supported under Australian Research Council's Discovery Projects funding scheme (project number FL170100160). Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press.

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