Shamanism and the psychosis continuum: Commentary on Singh

Robert Ross; Ryan McKay

doi:10.1017/S0140525X17002151

Shamanism and the psychosis continuum: Commentary on Singh

Robert Ross
, Ryan McKay

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Abstract

Singh's cultural evolutionary account of shamanism does not explain why some people become shamans while others do not. We propose that individual differences in where people lie on a "psychosis continuum" could play an important causal role.

Original language	English
Article number	e84
Journal	Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Volume	41
Early online date	6 Apr 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X17002151
Publication status	Published - 2018

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