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