Michael Pluess
Vantage Sensitivity: Environmental Sensitivity to Positive Experiences as a Function of Genetic Differences
Queen Mary University of London
large number geneenvironment interaction studies provide evidence people likely negatively affected adverse experiences function specific genetic variants however risk variants surprisingly frequent population evolutionary analysis suggests genetic variants associated increased risk maladaptive development adverse environmental conditions maintained population also associated advantages response different contextual conditions advantages may include coexisting genetic resilience pertaining adverse influences b general genetic susceptibility low high environmental quality c coexisting propensity benefit disproportionately positive supportive exposures reflected recent framework vantage sensitivity introducing basic properties vantage sensitivity highlighting conceptual similarities differences diathesisstress differential susceptibility patterns geneenvironment interaction selected recent empirical evidence notion vantage sensitivity function genetic differences reviewed unique contribution new perspective vantage sensitivity may make understanding social inequality discussed suggesting neurocognitive molecular mechanisms hypothesized underlie propensity benefit disproportionately benevolent experiences