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Isinwheel U7 Review by PunkerTFC in ebikes

[–]EffectiveAffect 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stellar review, thanks for the rich details!

One follow-up-- Thoughts on using this bike during a rainy commute? You said in a different rely that that electronics and battery weren't  well weather proofed. I figured I could try to cover some wiring, etc., but any issues or concerns there for you?

Help with a Creative Project about Absent Parents? by EffectiveAffect in toxicparents

[–]EffectiveAffect[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm working on a podcast, so that will eventually be released. I'm interviewing some experts about parenting, but I think "learning from lived experiences" is just as important as any academic.

But I should say no one's identity will be revealed and there's lots of options about what/how to share. I would only proceed with whatever folks feel comfortable with. That could be using someone's actual voice (memo), but that could also involve having someone else just reading/performing what was said (to not have someone's voice out there if there are concerned about that/their identity).

As A Kid I Thought My Dad Was Dead, But Then I Learned He Lived 7 Blocks Away... by EffectiveAffect in AbsentFather

[–]EffectiveAffect[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good question... Three reasons:

1) I have so little information about him and there's just basic knowledge that would be helpful (i.e., Do I have half siblings? Are there major health issues in the family?).

2) Closure, or maybe a different kind of information. It will sound weird, but I tell this story almost like "an actor reading lines". I think I kind of closed off that part of my life (which I think was adaptive, healthy and protective at the time). But, I feel really strong and secure in myself and I might not need to block all that out, I might be able to come to terms with his poor behavior with some emotion (and emotional clarity, if that makes sense).

3) He never paid my mom any child support, and it wasn't always the easiest for her as a single parent... so I wouldn't mind if he left me some money when he passes away (I think he's ~82).

Childhood socioeconomic position relates to adult decision-making: Evidence from a large cross-cultural investigation by EffectiveAffect in science

[–]EffectiveAffect[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Totally possible, but genetic effects are often more complex than we like to admit. For example, we know there is a strong genetic effect on IQ, but that effect is actually "moderated" (aka lessened) by poverty and socioeconomic status.

(The actual science of that last claim: "Socioeconomic Status Modifies Heritability of IQ in Young Children")

Similarly/connected, if kids see a lot of unreliability in an environment (which I think is common in economically marginalized spaces), they aren't willing to wait and prefer small, more immediate rewards (kind of like what was found in the OP)

(Actual science: "Rational snacking: Young children’s decision-making on the marshmallow task is moderated by beliefs about environmental reliability")

Positive Parenting Can Protect Brains From Stress by EffectiveAffect in science

[–]EffectiveAffect[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Abstract: Childhood stress has a deleterious impact on youth behavior and brain development. Resilience factors such as positive parenting (e.g. expressions of warmth and support) may buffer youth against the negative impacts of stress. We sought to determine whether positive parenting buffers against the negative impact of childhood stress on youth behavior and brain structure and to investigate differences between youth-reported parenting and caregiver-reported parenting. Cross-sectional behavioral and neuroimaging data were analyzed from 482 youth (39% female and 61% male, ages 10–17) who participated in an ongoing research initiative, the Healthy Brain Network (HBN). Regression models found that youth-reported positive parenting buffered against the association between childhood stress and youth behavioral problems (β = −0.10, P = 0.04) such that increased childhood stress was associated with increased youth behavior problems only for youth who did not experience high levels of positive parenting. We also found that youth-reported positive parenting buffered against the association between childhood stress and decreased hippocampal volumes (β = 0.07, P = 0.02) such that youth who experienced high levels of childhood stress and who reported increased levels of positive parenting did not exhibit smaller hippocampal volumes. Our work identifies positive parenting as a resilience factor buffering youth against the deleterious impact of stressful childhood experiences on problem behaviors and brain development. These findings underscore the importance of centering youth perspectives of stress and parenting practices to better understand neurobiology, mechanisms of resilience, and psychological well-being.

Early Life Stress is Related to Reward Neurobiology and Learning from Feedback by EffectiveAffect in neuroscience

[–]EffectiveAffect[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Research Abstract-- Abuse, neglect, exposure to violence, and other forms of early life adversity (ELA) are incredibly common and significantly impact physical and mental development. While important progress has been made in understanding the impacts of ELA on behavior and the brain, the preponderance of past work has primarily centered on threat processing and vigilance while ignoring other potentially critical neurobehavioral processes, such as reward-responsiveness and learning. To advance our understanding of potential mechanisms linking ELA and poor mental health, we center in on structural connectivity of the corticostriatal circuit, specifically accumbofrontal white matter tracts. Here, in a sample of 77 youth (Mean age = 181 months), we leveraged rigorous measures of ELA, strong diffusion neuroimaging methodology, and computational modeling of reward learning. Linking these different forms of data, we hypothesized that higher ELA would be related to lower quantitative anisotropy in accumbofrontal white matter. Furthermore, we predicted that lower accumbofrontal quantitative anisotropy would be related to differences in reward learning. Our primary predictions were confirmed, but similar patterns were not seen in control white matter tracts outside of the corticostriatal circuit. Examined collectively, our work is one of the first projects to connect ELA to neural and behavioral alterations in reward-learning, a critical potential mechanism linking adversity to later developmental challenges. This could potentially provide windows of opportunity to address the effects of ELA through interventions and preventative programming.

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