Specialised Minds: The Evolution of Personality and Psychopathology - Adam Hunt

This is a shortened video; find the full presentation here: • Extending Adaptive Exp...
Adam Hunt is a PhD student in the Institute of Evolutionary Medicine at the University of Zurich, working on evolutionary psychiatry, concentrating on developing methods and explaining individual differences, particularly neurodiverse conditions such as ADHD and autism.
He presented his recent paper, co-authored with Adrian Jaeggi, entitled "Specialised minds: extending adaptive explanations of personality to the evolution of psychopathology" to the Irish College of Psychiatrists Evolutionary Psychiatry Special Interest group.
Adam's Twitter: / realadamhunt
And website: www.adamhunt.info
The paper is published in Evolutionary Human Sciences and freely accessible here: www.cambridge.org/core/journa...

[@chugrooster2]

Great stuff. Really backing up the idea of evolutionary stable strategies and individual differences/trait variation that always felt must be the case but I would never have researched or explained so well. Thanks! P.s. the full version is better

[@TinKesify]

Criminally underrated

[@Sarajevomusic1]

This is so like seeing and hearing myself present! How interesting.

[@simongilchrist3329]

That’s interesting. As a person with ADHD I’ve often wondered about the condition and if it was merely a defect or if it had some value over the ages. There certainly are some advantages or, at least some value to it. ADHD sufferers are typically spontaneous, creative, and tend to be good with their hands (in short bursts). Also, in combat, when the adrenaline spikes, we tend to be all focus and generally more at ease than others. The only two moments of calm and clarity I have ever experienced have both been in highly charged situations. In modern society its usefulness is largely obsolete, I think, unless you’re in the arts. I run a hobby farm so ADHD and I get along ok.