John Nash, Game Theory, and the Schizophrenic Brain
This article focuses on John Nash, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1994, and subject of the Award winning 2001 film A Beautiful Mind, who was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia in 1958 at the age of 29. After presenting an account of the emergence, course, and eventual remission of h...
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Journal of religion and health
Year: 2011, Volume: 50, Issue: 1, Pages: 145-162 |
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B John Nash B Paranoid schizophrenia B Rand corporation B Religious themes B John von Neumann B Nash equilibrium B The schizophrenic brain B Delusional system B Gordon Claridge |
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