The rapidly moving study of Gene× Environment interaction (G× E) needs interim conceptual
tools to track progress, integrate findings, and apply this knowledge to preventive …

Compiled in this Special Section are recommendations from multiple experts on how to
maximize resilience among children at risk for maladjustment. Contributors delineated …

The developing brain in utero and during the first years of life is highly vulnerable to
environmental influences. Experiences occurring during this period permanently modify …

Research explicitly focused on resilience in human development emerged in the 1970s as
pioneering investigators noted the striking variation in adaptive function and outcomes of …

Prenatal adverse environments, such as maternal stress, toxicological exposures, and viral
infections, can disrupt normal brain development and contribute to neurodevelopmental …

The conceptual basis of the 'developmental origins' paradigm has converged on the role of
developmental plasticity responding to signals from the early environment, with heightened …

Despite medical advances, childhood health and well-being have not been broadly
achieved due to rising chronic diseases and conditions related to child poverty. Family and …

Contemporary models of human development emphasize complex, dynamic interactions be-
tween genetic predispositions and environmental pressures at all stages from conception to …

Experiences occurring in early development can exert long-term effects that lead to either
heightened or attenuated risk of physical and psychiatric disease. Of particular importance …

Most developmental work regards adverse developmental experiences as forces that
undermine well-being. Here, I present an alternative—or complementary—view …