?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=EVIDENCE+FOR+%22UNERTAN+SYNDROME%22+AND+THE+EVOLUTION+OF+THE+HUMAN+MIND&rft.creator=Tan%2C+Prof.+Dr.+Uner&rft.subject=Neuropsychology&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.subject=Neurophysiology&rft.subject=Evolutionary+Psychology&rft.subject=Clinical+Psychology&rft.subject=Neurogenetics&rft.subject=Behavioral+Analysis&rft.subject=Behavioral+Neuroscience&rft.subject=Behavioral+Analysis&rft.subject=Neuropsychiatry&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=A+new+family+exhibiting+%E2%80%9CUnertan+Sydnrome%E2%80%9D+was+discovered.+The+pedigree+analysis+showed+marriages+between+relatives.+This+family+was+similar+to+the+first+one+(see+Tan%2C+2006a)%2C+providing+a+firm+evidence+for+the+new+syndrome.+The+affected+children+showed+habitual+quadrupedal+walking+gait%2C+that+is%2C+they+walked+on+wrists+and+feet+with+straight+legs+and+arms.+Their+heads+and+bodies+were+mildly+flexed%3B+they+exhibited+mild+cerebellar+signs%2C+and+severe+mental+retardation.+The+pedigree+demonstrated+a+typical+autosomal-recessive+inheritance.+The+genetic+nature+of%0Athis+syndrome+suggests+a+backward+stage+in+human+evolution+(devolution)%2C+which+would+be+consistent+with+theories+of+punctuated+evolution.+The+results+reflected+a%0Anew+theory+on+the+evolution+of+human+beings.+That+is%2C+the+evolution+of+humans+would+in+fact+be+the+evolution+of+the+extensor+motor+system%2C+responsible+for+upright+posture%2C+against+the+gravitational+forces.+This+would+be+coupled+with+the+emergence+of+the+human+mind%2C+which+can+be+considered+a+reflexion+of+the+human+motor+system%2C+in+accord+with+the+psychomotor+theory+(see+Tan%2C+2005a).+The%0Amost+important+characteristic+of+the+newly+emerged+human+mind+was+the+resistance+against+gravitational+forces.+This+was+the+resistive+mind%2C+the+origins+of+human+creativity.&rft.publisher=Taylor+%26+Francis&rft.contributor=Weinstein%2C+Prof.+Sir+Sidney&rft.contributor=Hyden%2C+Prof.+Holger+V.&rft.contributor=Renzi%2C+Prof.+Emino+de&rft.contributor=Tan%2C+Prof.+Uner&rft.date=2006-07&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5011%2F1%2FEVIDENCE_FOR_UNERTAN__IJN_%255B1%255D.pdf&rft.identifier=++Tan%2C+Prof.+Dr.+Uner++(2006)+EVIDENCE+FOR+%22UNERTAN+SYNDROME%22+AND+THE+EVOLUTION+OF+THE+HUMAN+MIND.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5011%2F