Predictability: Survival elements that impact emotions and behaviors
Your emotions, feelings, and behaviors are designed in part by the predictability of your survival resources.
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References and suggested reading/listening:
Peer Reviewed Scholarly Publications
Boon-Falleur, M., Baumard, N., & Jean-Baptiste, A. (2022). Optimal resource allocation and its consequences on behavioral strategies, personality traits and preferences Mélusine Boon-Falleur. 1–39
Church, N. T., Weissner, W., Galler, J. R., Amaral, A. C., Rosene, D. L., McGaughy, J. A., Rushmore, R. J., Larrabee, E., & Mokler, D. J. (2021). In vivo microdialysis shows differential effects of prenatal protein malnutrition and stress on norepinephrine, dopamine, and serotonin levels in rat orbital frontal cortex. Behavioral Neuroscience, 135(5), 629–641. https://doi.org/10.1037/bne0000479
Coplan, J. D., Gupta, N. K., Karim, A., Rozenboym, A., Smith, E. L. P., Kral, J., & Rosenblum, L. A. (2017). Maternal hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis response to foraging uncertainty: A model of individual vs. social allostasis and the “superorganism hypothesis.” PLoS ONE, 12(9), 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0184340
Coplan, J. D., Paunica, A. D., & Rosenblum, L. A. (2008). Neuropsychobiology of the Variable Foraging Demand Paradigm in Nonhuman Primates. In J. M. Gorman (Ed.), Fear and Anxiety: The Benefits of Translational Research (pp. 47–60). American Psychiatric Publishing, Incorporated.
Ellis, B. J., Abrams, L. S., Masten, A. S., Sternberg, R. J., Tottenham, N., & Frankenhuis, W. E. (2022). Hidden talents in harsh environments. Development and Psychopathology, 34(1), 95-113. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579420000887
Ellis, B. J., Bianchi, J., Griskevicius, V., & Frankenhuis, W. E. (2017). Beyond Risk and Protective Factors: An Adaptation-Based Approach to Resilience. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 12(4), 561–587. https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691617693054
Ellis, B. J., Figueredo, A. J., Brumbach, B. H., & Schlomer, G. L. (2009). Fundamental dimensions of environmental risk: The impact of harsh versus unpredictable environments on the evolution and development of life history strategies. In Human Nature (Vol. 20, Issue 2). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12110-009-9063-7
Jackowski, A., Perera, T. D., Abdallah, C. G., Garrido, G., Tang, C. Y., Martinez, J., Mathewe, S. J., Gorman, J. M., Rosenblum, L. A., Smith, E. L. P., Dwork, A. J., Shungu, D. C., Kaffman, A., Gelernter, J., Coplan, J. D., & Kaufman, J. (2011). Early-life stress, corpus callosum development, hippocampal volumetrics, and anxious behavior in male nonhuman primates. Psychiatry Research, 192(1), 37–44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pscychresns.2010.11.006
Kishida, K. T., Saez, I., Lohrenz, T., Witcher, M. R., Laxton, A. W., Tatter, S. B., White, J. P., Ellis, T. L., Phillips, P. E. M., & Read Montague, P. (2016). Subsecond dopamine fluctuations in human striatum encode superposed error signals about actual and counterfactual reward. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(1), 200–205. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1513619112
Kofman, O. (2002). The role of prenatal stress in the etiology of developmental behavioural disorders. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 26(4), 457–470. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0149-7634(02)00015-5
Mokler, D. J., Galler, J. R., & Morgane, P. J. (2003). Modulation of 5-HT release in the hippocampus of 30-day-old rats exposed in utero to protein malnutrition. Developmental Brain Research, 142(2), 203–208. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0165-3806(03)00093-2
Rhodes, K., & Rhodes, A. (2017). The pursuit of homeostasis: Closing the gap between science and practice in the treatment of aggression and violence. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 34, 9–19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avb.2017.03.003
Rushmore, R. J., McGaughy, J. A., Mokler, D. J., & Rosene, D. L. (2022). The enduring effect of prenatal protein malnutrition on brain anatomy, physiology and behavior. Nutritional Neuroscience, 25(7), 1392–1399. https://doi.org/10.1080/1028415X.2020.1859730
Schultz, W. (2016). Dopamine reward prediction error coding. Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience, 18(1), 23–32. https://doi.org/10.31887/DCNS.2016.18.1/wschultz
Schultz, W. (2016). Dopamine reward prediction-error signalling: a two-component response. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 17(3), 183–195. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrn.2015.26
Simpson, J. a., Griskevicius, V., Kuo, S. I.-C., Sung, S., & Collins, W. A. (2012). Evolution, stress, and sensitive periods: The influence of unpredictability in early versus late childhood on sex and risky behavior. Developmental Psychology, 48(3), 674–686. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0027293
Stevens, H. E., Leckman, J. F., Coplan, J. D., & Suomi, S. J. (2009). Risk and resilience: Early manipulation of macaque social experience and persistent behavioral and neurophysiological outcomes. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 48(2), 114–127. https://doi.org/10.1097/CHI.0b013e318193064c
Tobler, P. N., Dickinson, A., & Schultz, W. (2003). Coding of predicted reward omission by dopamine neurons in a conditioned inhibition paradigm. The Journal of Neuroscience, 23(32), 10402–10410. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-32-10402.2003
Weaver, I. C. G., Cervoni, N., Champagne, F. A., D’Alessio, A. C., Sharma, S., Seckl, J. R., Dymov, S., Szyf, M., & Meaney, M. J. (2004). Epigenetic programming by maternal behavior. Nature Neuroscience, 7(8), 847–854. https://doi.org/10.1038/nn1276
Podcasts and interviews
Homeostasis and the origin of emotions and behavior with Max Henning
The Lasting Effects of Food Insecurity in Early Childhood a conversation with Dr. Jeremy Coplan
Specialized: The Unique Strengths of Stress-Adapted Youth with Willem Frankenhuis
In Their Shoes: Contextual Adaptation and Optimal Resource Allocation with Mélusine Boon Falleur
Media credit (photo/video/audio/animation) Sincere thanks to the following artists
Thumbnail Image - Organs and systems – istock.com/peterhowell
Anatomy man- Gerd Altmann, Pixabay
Heart beating – M.G.F.Studio, Storyblocks
Heartbeat audio – Unnamed author, storyblocks
Inhale/exhale audio – Unnamed author, Storyblocks
Lungs breathing – istock.com/ALIOUI Mohammed Elamine
Stomach digesting – istock.com/Jose Miguel Garcia Sanchez
Sheepherder – filmstudio, Storyblocks
Bajau diver – Matthieu Paley, National Geographic
Store Clerk- Pressmaster Production Studio, Storyblocks
Payday Calendar – skywardkick, Storyblocks
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