03 Nov Gaps in Expression
Not expression in terms of emotional feeling manifestation, but gene expression. I am talking about the fields of epigenetics and sociogenomics and how they enhance our understanding of the effects of environmental factors, like living in poverty, on humans at the cellular level, and the role that genetics play in behavior and social outcomes.
One of my favorite authors on this subject is NYU Professor Dalton Conley. Conley is particularly good at making confusing scientific research seem somewhat understandable to the average non-MD/PhD. (Also, if you are a parent in need of a good dose of humor with how-to-screw-up-your-kids information, I highly recommend Conley’s Parentology: Everything You Wanted to Know about the Science of Raising Children but Were Too Exhausted to Ask and the equally amusing but less scientific, Babyhood by actor/comedian Paul Reiser.)
Whether your experience with the term “epigenetics” amounts to the sultry utterances by Ali Pfefferman (played by Gaby Hoffmann) in the hit series “Transparent”, or you are a leading sociogenomicist, check out our Topics section on Prenatal matters. Learn more about the kinds of gaps that can manifest throughout the life of a child who was born to a mother who has lived in poverty.
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