여성성기 숫자가 창조를...

A man walks in front of a painting an art show in Miami Beach, Florida, December 1, 2005.

Artists may indeed have a more active love life than most of us -- and part of the reason

may be their tendency toward a certain schizophrenia-linked personality trait, a study suggests.

REUTERS/Carlos Barria

예술가는 일반인들보다 훻씬더 활동적인 뜨거운 성생활을 한다고

그 주된 원인은 개인의 성격적인 특징에 연관된정신분열적인 경향으로

보고 있다. 영국의 한 조사에 의하면 시인 등 시각적인 예술가들은 그

렇지 않은 사람보다 더 많은 섹스파트너를 가지고 있다고. 그러니

예술가의 창조성의 크기나 높이나 깊이는 여성 성기의 숫자에 비례한다는...

Creativity tied to sexual 'success'

By Amy Norton Wed Dec 7, 2:21 PM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Artists may indeed have a more active love life than most of us --

and part of the reason may be their tendency toward a certain schizophrenia-linked personality trait,

a study suggests.

In a survey of 425 British adults, researchers found that serious poets and visual artists generally

had more sexual partners than those who were either not artistic or only dabbled in the arts.

Further analysis showed that one personality dimension -- a tendency toward "unusual" thoughts

and perceptions -- was related to both creativity and sexual success.

That tendency is also seen in people with schizophrenia. And the findings, according to the study authors,

may help explain why schizophrenia -- a mental disorder that often runs in families -- has not been

extinguished from the gene pool.

Certain schizophrenia-related personality traits, they speculate, may confer benefits when they are not

part of a mental illness. When they instead spur creativity, for example, they may offer a mating advantage,

according to the researchers, led by Daniel Nettle, a psychologist at the University of Newcastle.

He and colleague Helen Keenoo report their findings in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society.

Artists, from 18th Century poets to 21st Century musicians, have a well-earned reputation for leading busy r

omantic lives. But until now, there had never been a systematic comparison to document the phenomenon,

Nettle told Reuters Health.

There have, though, been studies showing that creative types have higher-than-average rates of schizophrenia i

n their families, and that they themselves have a heightened tendency toward schizophrenia-like traits.

Schizophrenia itself has a strong genetic component, and since people with the disorder suffer poor overall

health and have a low likelihood of having children, evolution should have lead to the disappearance of traits

that predispose to schizophrenia.

But it has not. And some researchers have speculated that the link between schizophrenic traits and creativity --

a positive effect -- could be one reason.

In the new study, participants disclosed the number of sexual partners they'd had as adults and answered

questions that gauge four schizophrenia-related personality dimensions.

One is the tendency toward "unusual experiences," defined as atypical thoughts or perceptions, or "magical

thinking." This, the study found, was more common in serious artists, and people who scored high on the

unusual-experiences front also tended to have more sexual partners.

The findings, according to Nettle, suggest that unusual thinking and perceptions, when operating in a healthy

person, spur creativity and, in turn, may make a person more attractive.

"Successful creative types are signaling that they have unusual mental qualities that can command the attention

of others, and as such, they are likely to bear or sire us children who can do the same," he explained.

Coupled with other traits, however - such as disorganized thoughts and concentration problems, and social

withdrawal -- this feature may make a person vulnerable to schizophrenia. In this study, these other traits were

either unrelated to creativity and sexual activity or tended to hinder