Evolutionary Neuropathology

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Article I
Evolutionary Neuropathology & Congenital Mental Retardation
Do Environmental Cues Predictive of Maternal Deprivation Influence the Fetus to Minimize
Cerebral Metabolism in Order to Express Bioenergetic Thrift?
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Article II
Evolutionary Neuropathology & Down Syndrome
An Analysis of the Etiological and Phenotypical Characteristics of Down Syndrome Suggests
that it May Represent an Adaptive Response to Maternal Deprivation

Article III
Schizophrenia & Phenotypic Plasticity:
Schizophrenia may represent a predictive, adaptive response to severe environmental adversity
that allows both bioenergetic thrift and a defensive behavioral strategy.

Article VII
Conceptualizing the autism spectrum in terms of natural selection & natural history: The solitary
forager theory