Problems with the imprinting hypothesis of schizophrenia and autism.
June 28th, 2008 | by admin |Problems with the imprinting hypothesis of schizophrenia and autism.
Crespi & Badcock (C&B) convincingly argue that autism and schizophrenia are diametric malfunctions of the social brain, but their core imprinting hypothesis is less persuasive. Much of the evidence they cite is unrelated to their hypothesis, is selective, or is overstated; their hypothesis lacks a clearly explained mechanism; and it is unclear how their explanation fits in with known aspects of the disorders.
Keller MC.
Department of Psychology and Institute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309. matthew.c.keller@gmail.com www.matthewckeller.com.