Predictability: Does the youth correctional system have things backward?

Common correctional practices ignore the laws of biology, generating the emotions and behaviors those practices are intended to resolve.

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References and suggested reading/listening:

Peer Reviewed Scholarly Publications

Ben Maamar, M., King, S. E., Nilsson, E., Beck, D., & Skinner, M. K. (2020). Epigenetic transgenerational inheritance of parent-of-origin allelic transmission of outcross pathology and sperm epimutations: Epigenetic transgenerational parent-of-origin allelic transmission. Developmental Biology, 458(1), 106–119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2019.10.030

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

Cao-Lei, L., Yogendran, S., Dufoix, R., Elgbeili, G., Laplante, D. P., & King, S. (2021). Prenatal Maternal Stress From a Natural Disaster and Hippocampal Volumes: Gene-by-Environment Interactions in Young Adolescents From Project Ice Storm. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2021.706660

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.

Coplan, J. D., Rozenboym, A. V., Fulton, S. L., Panthangi, V., Tang, J., Thiramangalakdi, L., Perera, T. D., Liu, Y., Kamran, H., Owens, M. J., Nemeroff, C. B., Rosenblum, L. A., Kral, J. G., Salciccioli, L., & Lazar, J. (2018). Reduced left ventricular dimension and function following early life stress: A thrifty phenotype hypothesis engendering risk for mood and anxiety disorders. Neurobiology of Stress, 8, 202–210. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ynstr.2017.01.001

Ellis, B. J., Abrams, L. S., Masten, A. S., Sternberg, R. J., Tottenham, N., & Frankenhuis, W. E. (2020). Hidden talents in harsh environments. Development and Psychopathology, 1–19. 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

Frankenhuis, W. E., & de Weerth, C. (2013). Does Early-Life Exposure to Stress Shape or Impair Cognition? Current Directions in Psychological Science, 22(5), 407–412. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963721413484324

King, S. E., Nilsson, E., Beck, D., & Skinner, M. K. (2019). Adipocyte epigenetic alterations and potential therapeutic targets in transgenerationally inherited lean and obese phenotypes following ancestral exposures. https://doi.org/10.1080/21623945.2019.1693747

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

Lafortune, S., Laplante, D. P., Elgbeili, G., Li, X., Lebel, S., Dagenais, C., & King, S. (2021). Effect of natural disaster‐related prenatal maternal stress on child development and health: A meta‐analytic review. In International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (Vol. 18, Issue 16). MDPI AG. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168332

Minster, R. L., Hawley, N. L., Su, C. T., Sun, G., Kershaw, E. E., Cheng, H., Buhule, O. D., Lin, J., Reupena, M. S., Viali, S., Tuitele, J., Naseri, T., Urban, Z., Deka, R., Weeks, D. E., & McGarvey, S. T. (2016). A thrifty variant in CREBRF strongly influences body mass index in Samoans. Nature Genetics, 48(9), 1049–1054. https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.3620

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., Preuschoff, K., Camerer, C., Hsu, M., Fiorillo, C. D., Tobler, P. N., & Bossaerts, P. (2008). Explicit neural signals reflecting reward uncertainty. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 363(1511), 3801–3811. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2008.0152

Seiden, A., Hawley, N. L., Schulz, D., Raifman, S., & Mcgarvey, S. T. (2012). Long-term trends in food availability, food prices, and obesity in samoa. American Journal of Human Biology, 24(3), 286–295. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.22237

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

Young, E. S., Frankenhuis, W. E., DelPriore, D. J., & Ellis, B. J. (2022). Hidden talents in context: Cognitive performance with abstract versus ecological stimuli among adversity‐exposed youth. Child Development. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13766

Podcasts and Interviews:

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

Homeostasis and the origin of emotions and behavior with Max Henning

Homeostasis Emotion and Feelings with Gil Carvalho

Dopamine, Learning, and Behavior with Philippe Tobler

Media credit (photo/video/audio/animation) Sincere thanks to the following artists

Thumbnail Image - Suit - 🇸🇮 Janko Ferlič, Unsplash

Thumbnail Image - Back of person’s head - Ben Gingell, Istock

News article – Removed from home, Florida Weekly https://naples.floridaweekly.com/articles/removed-from-home-living-in-bureaucracy/

News article - Let public see CPS exit interviews, Lisa Krantz /San Antonio Express-News, MySA, https://www.mysanantonio.com/opinion/editorials/article/Let-public-see-CPS-exit-interviews-5976244.php

Foster home - Brian Babb, Unsplash

Young girl – Johannes Plenio, Unsplash

Man - Sadeq Mousavi, Unsplash

Juvenile Division Building - Joe_Potato/istock.com

Man walking into building - Unnamed author, Storyblocks

News article – Dad calls for law change around Youth Treatment Center policy for safety of ‘sick kids who need to get well’, Manchester Link, Photo/Carol Robidoux https://manchesterinklink.com/dad-calls-for-law-change-around-youth-treatment-center-policy-for-safety-of-sick-kids-who-need-to-get-well/

News article – Report: Wrong Place for Bay State Kids is Behind Bars, Public News Service https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2016-10-25/juvenile-justice/report-wrong-place-for-bay-state-kids-is-behind-bars/a54635-1

Young man in blue shirt – Charles Etoroma, Unsplash

Young man in ball cap - Ryan Jacobson, Unsplash

Checking Schedule – Pressmanster Production Studio, Storyblocks

News article - State watchdog releases videos of ‘dangerous’ restraints, seclusions in juvenile jails, CTMirror, Surveillance videos from CJTS https://ctmirror.org/2015/09/15/state-watchdog-releases-videos-of-dangerous-restraints-seclusions-in-juvenile-jails/

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