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From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.aol.com>, Wryting-L <WRYTING-L@listserv.wvu.edu>,
Cyberculture <cyberculture@zacha.org>
Subject: [NetBehaviour] Artistic tendencies linked to 'schizophrenia gene'
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Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 13:50:57 -0400 (EDT)
---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:13:41 +0100 (BST) From: james morris <james@jwm-art.net> Reply-To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity <netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org> To: netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org Subject: [NetBehaviour] Artistic tendencies linked to 'schizophrenia gene' 15:58 16 July 2009 by Ewen Callaway We're all familiar with the stereotype of the tortured artist. Salvador Dali's various disorders and Sylvia Plath's depression spring to mind. Now new research seems to show why: a genetic mutation linked to psychosis and schizophrenia also influences creativity. http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17474-artistic-tendencies-linked-to-schizophrenia-gene.html _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour