BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Talks.cam//talks.cam.ac.uk//
X-WR-CALNAME:Talks.cam
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Differential Susceptibility to Environmental Influences - Prof. Ja
 y Belsky (Institute for the Study of  Children\, Families and Social Issue
 s\, Birkbeck University of London)
DTSTART:20090128T130000Z
DTEND:20090128T140000Z
UID:TALK14439@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Dr. Nicholas Gibson
DESCRIPTION:While it is widely acknowledged that not all children are equa
 lly susceptible to adverse developmental experiences--and thus we often sp
 eak of vulnerable and resilient children--it is pretty much taken for gran
 ted that all children benefit more or less equally from supportive\, stimu
 lating and/or enriching environments. I argue that not only should childre
 n vary in their susceptibility to both positive and negative rearing exper
 iences--and for evolutionary-biological reasons--but that the very childre
 n who appear particularly vulnerable to the negative effects of adverse re
 aring conditions are the very ones who get the most out of supportive rear
 ing milieus. Correlational and experimental evidence is reviewed to substa
 ntiate this claim\, along with evidence that focuses upon phenotypic\, end
 ophenotypic and genetic markers of what appears to be heightened plasticit
 y in early human development.
LOCATION:Arts School Room B\, New Museums Site
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR