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The first scientific evidence of a connection between schizotypal personality and creativity came from a 1966 study by American behavioral geneticist Leonard Heston. In this classic study, Heston reported that children adopted away from their schizophrenic biological mothers at birth were more likely to pursue creative careers and interests than children adopted away from non-afflicted mothers (thus lending support for Lombroso’s theory that the bizarre behaviors that often accompany creativity are inherited).

A statistical analysis in 2008 added weight to this idea. In that study, James Leckman and his colleagues at the Yale University Child Study Center analyzed data from 19 studies involving 1,797 individuals with OCD and 3,786 people who did not have the disorder. The researchers looked at variation in a single gene — the one for the serotonin transporter, a protein that mops up serotonin from between neurons. When too much of this protein is made, too little serotonin is left in the spaces M ay/J u n e 2 01 1 © 2011 Scientific American T r i a G l o va n G e t t y I m a g e s The essence of obsessive-compulsive disorder is now thought to be a repetitious stuttering of thoughts or actions, such as organizing and reorganizing a closet.

Nash’s case illustrates how the cognitive mechanism of the eureka moment is similar to the delusional experience called thought insertion, in which individuals suffering from psychosis believe that outside forces have placed thoughts in their brains. Most people suffering from psychosis or schizophrenia do not produce ideas that are considered creative, however. ) Reduced cognitive filtering could explain the tendency of highly creative people to focus intensely on the content of their inner world at the expense of social or even self-care needs.

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