Angela
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The authors find a high correlation between "Neanderthal Quotient" and personality disorders.
See:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blo...our-neanderthal-quotient-and-your-personality
"Importantly, this study truly is the first of its kind, and we hardly claim that the methodology is perfect. Our results should be considered a bit preliminary. This said, here are some of the highlights of what we found:People who scored high in NQ were found to be significantly high on the dimensions of:
They are by no means the first researchers to trace the snps for these disorders to snps in Neanderthals. There have been a couple of such papers already. So, I don't find that difficult to believe. I would think it's more linked to having the specific snps than just a total quotient, but I don't know.
See:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blo...our-neanderthal-quotient-and-your-personality
"Importantly, this study truly is the first of its kind, and we hardly claim that the methodology is perfect. Our results should be considered a bit preliminary. This said, here are some of the highlights of what we found:People who scored high in NQ were found to be significantly high on the dimensions of:
- Social fear
- Sociosexuality (~promiscuity)
- Depressive tendencies
- Bipolar tendencies
- Autistic tendencies
They are by no means the first researchers to trace the snps for these disorders to snps in Neanderthals. There have been a couple of such papers already. So, I don't find that difficult to believe. I would think it's more linked to having the specific snps than just a total quotient, but I don't know.