- August 3, 2010
- 11:43 PM
- 7 views
Evolução, comportamento e reducionismo
by Hernando Neves Filho in Baboseiras Epistemológicas
A eficaz observação da seleção do comportamento por princípios operantes, quando bem embasada conceitualmente (sem condescendências com "sujeitos reforçados"), inevitavelmente cria um certo desdém, um ceticismo franco, com relação a outras explicações aparentemente mais parcimoniosas.
E assim, concepções de "homem genético" (também chamado de "homem somá........ Read more »
Andrews, P., & Thomson, J. (2009) The bright side of being blue: Depression as an adaptation for analyzing complex problems. Psychological Review, 116(3), 620-654. DOI: 10.1037/a0016242
Buller, D. (2009) Four Fallacies of Pop Evolutionary Psychology. Scientific American, 300(1), 74-81. DOI: 10.1038/scientificamerican0109-74
Schlinger, H. D. Jr. (1996) What is wrong with evolutionary explanations of behavior. Behavior and Social Issues, 6(1). info:/
Rose, C. (2000) Genetic risk and the birth of the somatic individual. Economy and Society, 29(4), 485-513. DOI: 10.1080/03085140050174750
- March 2, 2010
- 12:35 PM
- 269 views
Depression’s Upside?
by Michael Bishop in Permutations
The superficial summary is that depression is an evolutionary adaptation, and that is still helping us solve problems in modern society. Is this true? These are two very distinct claims and while each may have some merit, saying it like that may obscure as much as it enlightens. ... Read more »
Andrews, P., & Thomson, J. (2009) The bright side of being blue: Depression as an adaptation for analyzing complex problems. Psychological Review, 116(3), 620-654. DOI: 10.1037/a0016242
- February 27, 2010
- 12:50 AM
- 287 views
what’s adaptive about depression?
by Tal Yarkoni in citation needed
Jonah Lehrer has an interesting article in the NYT magazine about a recent Psych Review article by Paul Andrews and J. Anderson Thomson. The basic claim Andrews and Thomson make in their paper is that depression is “an adaptation that evolved as a response to complex problems and whose function is to minimize disruption of [...]... Read more »
Andrews, P., & Thomson, J. (2009) The bright side of being blue: Depression as an adaptation for analyzing complex problems. Psychological Review, 116(3), 620-654. DOI: 10.1037/a0016242
- November 10, 2009
- 11:58 PM
- 368 views
The Evolution of Depression
by Shaheen Lakhan in Brain Blogger
Millions of people around the world suffer from depression, the most common mental disorder of all. Since depression appears to be largely genetic, several long-standing questions continue to bedevil researchers. Have the genes for clinical unipolar depression undergone selective evolution–or is depression a random product of mutation, evolutionary drift, or other non-selective forces?
The symptoms of [...]... Read more »
Andrews, P., & Thomson, J. (2009) The bright side of being blue: Depression as an adaptation for analyzing complex problems. Psychological Review, 116(3), 620-654. DOI: 10.1037/a0016242
Watson, P. (2002) Toward a revised evolutionary adaptationist analysis of depression: the social navigation hypothesis. Journal of Affective Disorders, 72(1), 1-14. DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0327(01)00459-1
Hertel, Jochen Neuhof, Thomas Theue, G. (2000) Mood effects on cooperation in small groups: Does positive mood simply lead to more cooperation?. Cognition , 14(4), 441-472. DOI: 10.1080/026999300402754
- October 26, 2009
- 06:55 AM
- 352 views
The upside of depression
by Andrew Lyons in The Psych Student
A look at the research findings of Paul Andrew and Anderson Thomson, Jr. into the evolutionary uses of depression and current treatments which see it as a disorder.
I’m interested in this as it points to something I think needs addressing in our culture, where constant happiness is often seen as the gold standard of wellbeing.... Read more »
Andrews, P., & Thomson, J. (2009) The bright side of being blue: Depression as an adaptation for analyzing complex problems. Psychological Review, 116(3), 620-654. DOI: 10.1037/a0016242
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