Hominin life history, pathological complexity, and the evolution of anxiety
Veit, W. & Browning, H.
(2023).
Hominin life history, pathological complexity, and the evolution of anxiety.
Behavioral and Brain Sciences,
46,
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X22001923
(2023).
Hominin life history, pathological complexity, and the evolution of anxiety.
Behavioral and Brain Sciences,
46,
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X22001923
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.
