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March IPMH Meeting: Attachment Theory: Two Views
In this posting I will summarize the presentations of Marjorie Beeghly and Ed Tronick on the subject of Attachment Theory (AT). Marjorie's presentation explained and offered video demonstrations of the strange situation paradigm, and Ed's presenta...
March IPMH Meeting: Epigenetics II
(Continuation of Barry Lester's presentation with discussion) What are some long-term prenatal stressors that affect placental genes? These risk factors may play a role in future problems but do not predict the future. What they can do is alter th...
March Infant Parent Mental Health Meeting: Epigenetics I
Barry Lester taught us about epigenetics. He started with reviewing the background of “fetal origins” and the concept of “fetal programming”. Can the study of genes and environment at the cellular level inform us about molecular influences on beha...