<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/50bf71d3-adda-4dcb-86d9-31887456d078/F2C3E528-5E6F-4D3A-BC98-179B6D638163/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17474-artistic-tendencies-linked-to-schizophrenia-gene.html" href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17474-artistic-tendencies-linked-to-schizophrenia-gene.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.newscientist.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17474-artistic-tendencies-linked-to-schizophrenia-gene.html"><DIV class="hldpg" id="pgtop"> <P><A href="http://www.newscientist.com/">Home</A> <SPAN class="separator">|</SPAN><A href="http://www.newscientist.com/section/health">Health</A> <SPAN class="separator">|</SPAN><A href="http://www.newscientist.com/section/science-in-society">Science in Society</A> <SPAN class="separator">|</SPAN> <A href="http://www.newscientist.com/section/science-news "> News </A> </p> <H1> Artistic tendencies linked to 'schizophrenia gene' </H1> <UL class="markerlist"> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> 15:58 16 July 2009 by <A href="http://www.newscientist.com/search?rbauthors=Ewen+Callaway"><B>Ewen Callaway</B></A> </LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> For similar stories, visit the <A href="http://www.newscientist.com/topic/mental-health"><B>Mental Health</B></A> , <A href="http://www.newscientist.com/topic/brain"><B>The Human Brain</B></A> and <A href="http://www.newscientist.com/topic/genetics"><B>Genetics</B></A> Topic Guides </LI> </UL> </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17474-artistic-tendencies-linked-to-schizophrenia-gene.html"><P class="infuse">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 <A href="http://www.newscientist.com/topic/mental-health" alt="schizophrenia" omd="zodJump('http://widgets.zibb.com/images/_jump.gif?tag=InfusionJS&url=http:%2F%2Fwww.newscientist.com%2Ftopic%2Fmental-health&gsid=schizophrenia&entitytypeid=kw&lid=http://www.newscientist.com/topic/mental-health&title=schizophrenia&intref=infusion&variantName=schizophrenia&zodid=96')" class="infusionLink">schizophrenia</A> also influences creativity.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17474-artistic-tendencies-linked-to-schizophrenia-gene.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.newscientist.com/img/C557CDC2-FA7D-42C7-9CB5-BBA8E86D834A" alt="Salvador Dali's mental disorders were also the key to his creativity. (Image: Philippe Halsman)" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17474-artistic-tendencies-linked-to-schizophrenia-gene.html"><P class="lowlight">Salvador Dali's mental disorders were also the key to his creativity. (Image: Philippe Halsman)</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17474-artistic-tendencies-linked-to-schizophrenia-gene.html"><P class="infuse">The finding could help to explain why mutations that increase a person's risk of developing mental illnesses such as <A href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg18324571.900-creative-spark-can-come-from-schizophrenia.html">schizophrenia</A> and bipolar syndrome have been preserved, even preferred, during <A href="http://www.newscientist.com/topic/human-evolution" alt="human evolution" omd="zodJump('http://widgets.zibb.com/images/_jump.gif?tag=InfusionJS&url=http:%2F%2Fwww.newscientist.com%2Ftopic%2Fhuman-evolution&gsid=human evolution&entitytypeid=kw&lid=http://www.newscientist.com/topic/human-evolution&title=human%20evolution&intref=infusion&variantName=human%20evolution&zodid=96')" class="infusionLink">human evolution</A>, says Szabolcs Kéri, a researcher at Semmelweis University in Budapest, Hungary, who carried out the study.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/F2C3E528-5E6F-4D3A-BC98-179B6D638163/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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