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Dr. Ron Siegel discusses Neuroplasticity and Epigenetics through Mindfulness Practice on

11 Nov 2023 · 1 min

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A YouTube interview/talk with Dr. Ron Siegel (uploaded by Fleet Maull) discussing neuroplasticity and epigenetics in the context of mindfulness practice. Early content describes animal research showing that psychological trauma in adult male rats can influence offspring behavior via sperm exposure: offspring show increased fearfulness and reactivity to novelty, suggesting epigenetic transmission of stress effects.

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It turns out that if you traumatize psychologically stress in a, in a bad way, an adult male rat and I know all of this, this is not nice to do, but it, but we do learn something very interesting. You collect that adult rat's sperm and impregnate a female rat that has not been exposed to the trauma with this. And then look at the offspring of that rat compared to others. That because you randomized assigned other adult male rats to not experience trauma, and you collected their sperm and you did that. Well, it turns out that the new baby rats will come into the world traumatized. They come into the world much more fearful, much more reactive to novelty, scanning the environment for danger. And like.