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    Sept. 29, 2009
    Psychologists are now claiming there is a link between psychosis and creativity. Hungarian researchers found a gene associated with a greater risk of developing mental disorders among research subjects that scored high on creativity tests. Here is a ...

    Psychologists are now claiming there is a link between psychosis and creativity. Hungarian researchers found a gene associated with a greater risk of developing mental disorders among research subjects that scored high on creativity tests.

    Here is a synopsis of the work:

    http://www.psychologicalscience.org/media/releases/2009/keri.cfm

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    Leland was Editor-in-Chief of Machine Design. He has 34 years of Service and holds a B.S. Engineering from the University of Michigan, a B.S. Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan;, and a MBA from Cleveland State University. Prior to joining Penton, Lee worked as a Communications design engineer for the U.S. Government.

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