Early Genetic & Environmental Factors Impacting the Reward & Motivation System - Presentation

Pat Levitt, PhD

Brain Architecture, ACEs, Serve and Return, Brain Plasticity, Stress, Addiction, Resilience

June 2010

Dr. Pat Levitt, from the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, provides an overview of how early genetic and environmental factors interact to product long-term outcomes. He specifically discusses the interactive relationship of genes and experience on the development of brain architecture, while showing that the long-term impact is not only on emotional, social, and cognitive development, but also on the way in which reward and motivational systems are formed.


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