The latest research suggests that many animals, including humans, pass trauma on to their children through epigenetic markers. Knowing this, could the pandemic trauma of lost lives, jobs, and opportunities have effects that ripple through generations? CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar alumnus Brian Dias (University of Southern California), now an associate fellow in CIFAR’s Child & Brain Development program, discussed the latest findings from his research on intergenerational trauma.
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