Featured Publications
Leveraging the science of stress to promote resilience and optimize mental health interventions during adolescence
Gee DG, Sisk LM, Cohodes EM, Bryce NV. Leveraging the science of stress to promote resilience and optimize mental health interventions during adolescence. Nature Communications 2022, 13: 5693. PMID: 36171218, PMCID: PMC9519553, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-33416-4.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2023
Leveraging the developmental neuroscience of caregiving to promote resilience among youth exposed to adversity
Gee D, Cohodes E. Leveraging the developmental neuroscience of caregiving to promote resilience among youth exposed to adversity. Development And Psychopathology 2023, 35: 2168-2185. PMID: 37929292, PMCID: PMC10872788, DOI: 10.1017/s0954579423001128.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCorticolimbic circuitryEmotional functioningYouth emotional functioningEmergence of psychopathologyFavorable mental health outcomesMental health outcomesYouth mental healthEmotion regulationDevelopmental neuroscienceLine of researchNeural mechanismsEarly attachmentEmotional learningEarly adversityFoster resilienceStress reactivityAdversitySensitive periodMental healthClinical interventionsResilienceFunctioningClinical implicationsYouthMajor risk factor
2021
Influences of Caregiving on Development: A Sensitive Period for Biological Embedding of Predictability and Safety Cues
Gee DG, Cohodes EM. Influences of Caregiving on Development: A Sensitive Period for Biological Embedding of Predictability and Safety Cues. Current Directions In Psychological Science 2021, 30: 376-383. PMID: 34675455, PMCID: PMC8528226, DOI: 10.1177/09637214211015673.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCorticolimbic circuitryEmotional reactivitySensitive periodCaregiver influenceExternal regulationChildren's emotional reactivityEarly sensitive periodPeriod of plasticityEarly life adversitySafety cuesEmotion regulationNeurobiological mechanismsCaregiving experiencesLife adversityIntervention effortsCaregiver behaviorBehavioral developmentAffective behaviorBiological embeddingHuman researchPowerful influenceAdversityCaregiver inputCaregiversCircuitry
2020
Caregiving influences on emotional learning and regulation: applying a sensitive period model
Gee DG. Caregiving influences on emotional learning and regulation: applying a sensitive period model. Current Opinion In Behavioral Sciences 2020, 36: 177-184. PMID: 33718534, PMCID: PMC7945765, DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2020.11.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEmotional learningSensitive period modelCorticolimbic circuitrySensitive periodCross-species evidenceExperience-dependent mechanismsEmotional developmentDevelopmental differencesEarly adversityDifferential associationsAdversityLearningConceptual modelDevelopmental timingExperienceSpecific ageAdolescenceCircuitryMaltreatmentChildhoodInfancyAssociationEvidenceCentral roleDifferences