Vantage Sensitivity: Environmental Sensitivity to Positive Experiences as a Function of Genetic Differences.

摘要: A large number of gene-environment interaction studies provide evidence that some people are more likely to be negatively affected by adverse experiences as a function specific genetic variants. However, such "risk" variants surprisingly frequent in the population. Evolutionary analysis suggests associated with increased risk for maladaptive development under environmental conditions maintained population because they also advantages response different contextual conditions. These may include (a) coexisting resilience pertaining other influences, (b) general susceptibility both low and high quality, (c) propensity benefit disproportionately from positive supportive exposures, reflected recent framework vantage sensitivity. After introducing basic properties sensitivity highlighting conceptual similarities differences diathesis-stress differential patterns interaction, selected empirical notion is reviewed. The unique contribution new perspective make our understanding social inequality will discussed after suggesting neurocognitive molecular mechanisms hypothesized underlie benevolent experiences.