Annual Anne Treisman Lecture: Kernel of truth in the indigo myth?
Are some children and adults not only most vulnerable to adverse influences but also most susceptible to supportive environments? Differential Susceptibility Theory, with specific and bold hypotheses about the interplay between nature and nurture, paved the way for a radically new approach to Gene X Environment research. In the Anne Treisman lecture 2016 I will present a series of primary and meta-analytical studies on markers of differential susceptibility, going beyond correlational studies to experimental tests of GxE with much improved statistical power. Many outstanding questions on mechanisms and ethical implications wait to be addressed, but clearly Donald Hebb was entirely right when he argued that G and E determine development not unlike length and width determine the surface of a rectangle.
Date: 9 June 2016, 12:00 (Thursday, 7th week, Trinity 2016)
Venue: Tinbergen Building, South Parks Road OX1 3PS
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre A
Speaker: Marian J.Bakermans-Kranenburg (Leiden University)
Organising department: Department of Experimental Psychology
Host: Professor Elaine Fox (Oxford Centre for Emotions and Affective Neuroscience, Department of Experimental Psychology)
Booking required?: Not required
Audience: Members of the University only
Editor: Janice Young