Evolutionary hypotheses and early human development: findings from the Wirral Child Health and Development Study

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• Jonathan Hill, Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Reading
• Monday 10 October 2016, 14:00-16:00
• Large Seminar Room, Institute of Public Health, Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 0SR.

If you have a question about this talk, please contact Dr Tennie Videler.

Inaugural Annual Symposium for Applied Social Science Group, Primary Care Unit – in association with PublicHealth@Cambridge Network. Please register to attend: http://tinyurl.com/h8bz6c3

Why do boys more often suffer more from early onset neurodevelopmental and behavioural problems, and girls from adolescent onset emotional disorders? The prevailing view is that this is because boys are exposed to more early risks and girls to later ones, and not because the risks or mechanisms are different across the sexes. Many animal and human studies point in a different direction, and so do evolutionary hypotheses. I will discuss how the ‘Sex Biased Parental Investment’ and the ‘Predictive Adaptive Response’ hypotheses jointly imply very different mechanisms in males and females, and illustrate with recent findings from our longitudinal study. I will bring out the clinical and NHS planning implications if these results are robust. If there is time I will briefly outline my domains theory of social interactions, with its evolutionary origins, and therapeutic implications. Please register to attend: eventbrite

This talk is part of the PublicHealth@Cambridge series.

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• BHRU Annual Lecture 2015
• BHRU Annual Lecture 2016
• Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit Special Seminars
• Department of Public Health and Primary Care
• Large Seminar Room, Institute of Public Health, Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 0SR
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• PublicHealth@Cambridge
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