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Precursors of psychosis as pointers to the Homo sapiens-specific mate recognition system of language

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2018

T. J. Crow
T. J. Crow*
Affiliation:
Prince of Wales International Centre, University Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford OX3 7JX
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 172 , Issue 4 , April 1998 , pp. 289 - 290
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Copyright © 1998 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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