title: [ANALYSIS OF F. M. DOSTOEVSKY'S HEALTH, PERSONALITY, AND WORKS FROM THE GENETIC STANDPOINT. PART 2].
abstract: The data on Dostoevsky's epilepsy are ambiguous and often contradictory. It prompted consideration of certain genetic aspects of the writer 's pedigree for the clarification of this issue. The phenomenon of Dostoevsky's genius was for the first time contemplated from the standpoint of the contribution of genetic factors to his creative work. It was shown that Dostoevsky's ancestry can not be a source of hereditary predisposition to epilepsy. The available data question the genuine nature of his disease. Characteristic of Dostoevsky's ancestry is the wide occurrence of "creativeness" genes. Their cumulation together with a number of other factors verified in the writer can account for the phenomenon of his genius.
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Kobylyansky
mesh_terms: D003405:Creativity; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000266:history* / Q000523:psychology; D005197:Famous Persons; D049672:History, 19th Century; D008093:Literature, Modern / Q000266:history*; D010375:Pedigree; D010551:Personality / Q000235:genetics*; D012426:Russia