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“Hormonal responses to various fetal and childhood experiences have epigenetic effects on genes related to the growth factor BDNF, to the vasopressin and oxytocin…

— Robert M. Sapolsky

“Meaney and colleagues, one of the most cited papers published in the prestigious journal Nature Neuroscience. They had shown previously that offspring of more…

— Robert M. Sapolsky

“As Nicholas Kristof put it in The New York Times: “Cues of a hostile or indifferent environment flood an infant, or even a fetus,…

— Arianna Huffington

“our cells contain an epigenome that tells genes to switch on or off.”

— Deborah Kesten

“A note of caution: epigenetics is also on the verge of transforming into a dangerous idea. Epigenetic modifications of genes can potentially superpose historical…

— Siddhartha Mukherjee

There are really exciting things happening in genetic and neurobiology right now, and really looking at the ways in which different not just illnesses,…

— Jonathan Michel Metzl

“Trauma and stress experienced in difficult situations can be passed on genetically as well. The gene itself does not alter, but the imprint left…

— Shreya Sen-Handley

“Acceding to researchers in the field of epigenetics, traumatic experiences produce fearful memories that are passed to future generations. A study carried out on…

— Frank Schaeffer

“epigenetic marks are the remote control not only to your health and longevity but also to how you pass your genes on to future…

— David Perlmutter

“Children develop dysfunction when their development is disrupted.”

— Gunda Frey

Children are born with brains, NOT habits and beliefs. They become what they see and hear and examples shown them.

— Nishan Panwar

“High-reactive kids also tend to think and feel deeply about what they’ve noticed, and to bring an extra degree of nuance to everyday experiences.”

— Susan Cain