Understanding developmental plasticity as adaptation requires an inter-generational perspective

Understanding developmental plasticity as adaptation requires an inter-generational perspective

In this issue of Evolution, Medicine and Public Health, Lea and colleagues argue that there are major advantages to bringing together biomedical and evolutionary perspectives on plasticity. To develop this approach, they propose two contrasting scenarios for 'developmental plasticity as adaptation': that it reflects adjustments to resolve the effects of early 'constraints', or that it adjusts p...

Time Perspective as a Mechanism for Functional Developmental Adaptation

Evolutionary Life History Theory (LHT) is a powerful framework that can be used for understanding behavioral strategies as functional adaptations to environmental conditions. Some evolutionary theorists have described how developmental environments can shape behavioral strategies. Theorists and previous research suggest that individuals developing in relatively less certain environments will ex...

Understanding mechanotransduction and biotensegrity from an adaptation perspective.

The concepts represented by mechanotransduction and biotensegrity, need to be appreciated if we are going to make sense of an important evolution in our understanding of how the body works. These have profound implications for manual therapy. Mechanotransduction relates to the way mechanical load is translated by cells into chemical responses e instantly e switching off, or switching on, specif...

Digital and Inter-Generational Divide

Digital divide can be considered a macro economical index representing the social differences and the separation between the North and the South of the world. Since the first definition of digital divide, it has been shown that it is also a great and unrecognized problem in the developed countries, especially in the field of education. “Digital disconnection” is a key problem for School and Uni...

Understanding what causes schizophrenia: a developmental perspective.