Meredith A Wilson
Biographic Data
| ID | 4090947 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Meredith A Wilson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Meredith A |
| FAMILY NAME | Wilson |
| SIGNATURE | WILSON M A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Anthropology University of Illinois Urbana‐Champaign Illinois |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Embodiment in Anthropological Epigenetics Research
This article reviews literature in human epigenetic research as a case study in order to examine and critique the dominant framework of embodiment as unidirectional or bidirectional and mechanistically driven. The authors identify three major critiques to this approach: (1) the treatment of epigenetic traits as a mechanism of embodiment, rather than as multidirectional components of a dynamic and ongoing embodiment process; (2) a tendency to view…
From maternal tending to adolescent befriending
Attachment theory holds that parental relationships have lifelong effects on offspring social lives. The tend‐and‐befriend hypothesis posits that female friendships among humans evolved as part of a primate‐wide coping mechanism to mediate stress by relying on social support. Here we bridge developmental and evolutionary frameworks to examine adolescent girls’ perception of their reliance on female friendship for social support, how perceptions o…
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From maternal tending to adolescent befriending
Attachment theory holds that parental relationships have lifelong effects on offspring social lives. The tend‐and‐befriend hypothesis posits that female friendships among humans evolved as part of a primate‐wide coping mechanism to mediate stress by relying on social support. Here we bridge developmental and evolutionary frameworks to examine adolescent girls’ perception of their reliance on female friendship for social support, how perceptions o…
Embodiment in Anthropological Epigenetics Research
This article reviews literature in human epigenetic research as a case study in order to examine and critique the dominant framework of embodiment as unidirectional or bidirectional and mechanistically driven. The authors identify three major critiques to this approach: (1) the treatment of epigenetic traits as a mechanism of embodiment, rather than as multidirectional components of a dynamic and ongoing embodiment process; (2) a tendency to view…
Psychology (2 works) · Anthropology (1 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (1 works) · Biology (1 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (1 works) · Clinical Psychology (1 works) · Cognitive science (1 works) · Developmental psychology (1 works) · Embodied cognition (1 works) · Epigenesis (1 works)