Epidemiological studies and anecdotal evidence show overlap between psychiatric disorders and creativity, but why? A new study uses genome-wide association data from schizophrenia and bipolar disorder to show that genetics are part of the explanation.
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Keller, M., Visscher, P. Genetic variation links creativity to psychiatric disorders. Nat Neurosci 18, 928–929 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.4047
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