James J Mckenna
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 86131 |
|---|---|
| NOME | James J Mckenna |
| PRENOMES | James J |
| SOBRENOME | Mckenna |
| ASSINATURA | MCKENNA J J |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Pomona College |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 22 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 155 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 22 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1978 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2019 |
| ÍNDICE H | 7 |
Testosterone moderates the effects of social support on cardiovascular disease risk factors among older US men
OBJECTIVES: Social support positively affects health through pathways such as shaping intrapersonal emotional and psychological well-being. Lower testosterone often interrelates with psychological and behavioral orientations that are beneficial to participation in emotionally supportive relationships. Yet, little research has considered the ways in which testosterone may contribute to health outcomes related to emotional support. METHODS: We draw…
Toward an Integrated Anthropology of Infant Sleep
This article provides a novel synthesis of anthropological research on infant sleep, focusing on work in biological and sociocultural anthropology in the past decade. First, we briefly review early biological anthropological research into infant sleep from 1987 to 2007, which provided the evidence base for the argument that proximate parent-infant sleep combined with lactation represents a complex set of adaptations that constitute the human evol…
Translating human biology (introduction to special issue)
OBJECTIVES: Introducing a special issue on "Translating Human Biology," we pose two basic questions: Is human biology addressing the most critical challenges facing our species? How can the processes of translating our science be improved and innovated? METHODS: We analyze articles published in American Journal of Human Biology from 2004-2013, and find there is very little human biological consideration of issues related to most of the core human…
A case study objectively assessing female physical activity levels within the National Curriculum for Physical Education
The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of the National Curriculum for Physical Education (NCPE) lesson themes and contexts on the profile of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA). Fifteen, Year 9 Physical Education (PE) lessons were assessed within the lesson themes of Outwitting Opponents (OO) (delivered through field hockey and netball) and Accurate Replication (AR) (delivered through gymnastics) using the System for Observi…
‘It is fun, fitness and football really’
Concerns about gender inequalities in longevity, particularly premature male mortality, have prompted a range of innovative approaches to health promotion work dating back to the 1980s. In developing such work, sport, and football in particular, has emerged as a gendered cultural field that has utility for engaging men in community health initiatives. Evaluations of such work have shown that health initiatives using football settings, football in…
Nighttime parenting strategies and sleep-related risks to infants
A large social science and public health literature addresses infant sleep safety, with implications for infant mortality in the context of accidental deaths and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). As part of risk reduction campaigns in the USA, parents are encouraged to place infants supine and to alter infant bedding and elements of the sleep environment, and are discouraged from allowing infants to sleep unsupervised, from bed-sharing either …
Evolutionary perspectives on mother–infant sleep proximity and breastfeeding in a laboratory setting
Human maternal and infant biology likely coevolved in a context of close physical contact and some approximation of frequent, “infant‐initiated” breastfeeding. Still, mothers and infants commonly sleep apart from one another in many western societies, indicating a possible “mismatch” between cultural norms and infant biology. Here we present data from a 3‐night laboratory‐based study that examines differences in mother–infant sleep physiology and…
Mother–infant cosleeping, breastfeeding and sudden infant death syndrome
Twenty years ago a new area of inquiry was launched when anthropologists proposed that an evolutionary perspective on infancy could contribute to our understanding of unexplained infant deaths. Here we review two decades of research examining parent-infant sleep practices and the variability of maternal and infant sleep physiology and behavior in social and solitary sleeping environments. The results challenge clinical wisdom regarding "normal" i…
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome in Cross-Cultural Perspective
This chapter reviews what is presently known about the sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and examines the role that infant sleeping arrangements may play in reducing SIDS risks. Alongside sleep laboratory-based experimental evidence comparing bedsharing and solitary sleeping mother-infant pairs, an evolutionary and cross-cultural framework is used to argue that infant-parent cosleeping is biologically, psychologically, and socially the most app…
Sleep and arousal patterns of co‐sleeping human mother/infant pairs
The prevailing research design for studying infant sleep erroneously assumes the species‐wide normalcy of solitary nocturnal sleep rather than a social sleeping environment. In fact, current clinical perspectives on infant sleep, which are based exclusively on studies of solitary sleeping infants, may partly reflect culturally induced rather than species‐typical infant sleep patterns which can only be gleaned, we contend here, from infants sleepi…
Evolution and the sudden infant death syndrome (Sids)
Evolution and sudden infant death syndrome (Sids)
Evolution and the sudden infant death syndrome (Sids)
Biological Anthropology
An anthropological perspective on the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (Sids)
(1986). An anthropological perspective on the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS): The role of parental breathing cues and speech breathing adaptations. Medical Anthropology: Vol. 10, An Anthropological Perspective on the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS): The Role of Parental Breathing Cues and Speach Breathing Cues and Breathing Adaptations, pp. 9-53
Physical
Aggression and Hypoglycemia in the Andes
In a Stirling-award winning article, Ralph Bolton offered a psychophysiological explanation for the notorious levels of aggression among the "Qolla" (Quechua and Aymara) Indians of the Peruvian altiplano. The long-standing anthropological characterization of these peasants as pathologically aggressive was supported by Bolton's finding that the community of Incawatana had one of the highest murder rates on record. He hypothesized that mild hypogly…
Physical Anthropology
Kin Selection in the Japanese Monkey . J. A. Kurland
Rank and reproduction among female langur monkeys
An investigation of the social rank, reproduction, and ages of adult female Indian gray langur monkeys (Presbytis entellus) living in two colony social groups revealed that rank based on displacements is neither correlated with nor best predicted by female age or reproductive value. The hierarchy of female ranks is best conceptualized as a layered ranking system in which there are clusters of females of the same dominance rank forming layers with…
The Evolution of Allomothering Behavior Among Colobine Monkeys
The great majority of Old World monkey females are interested in infants, particularly very young ones. Characteristically, females will approach infants cradled by their mothers and subsequently attempt to touch or hold them. For Cercopithecine monkeys, the subfamily that includes the baboons and macaques, caretaking attempts by females other than the mother are ordinarily unsuccessful, at least during the first two or three weeks of life. Mothe…
Biosocial functions of grooming behavior among the common Indian langur monkey ( Presbytis entellus )
An intensive study of the Indian langur monkey ( Presbytis entellus ) reveals an interplay between biological and social processes. This study which involved captive animals and over 1,500 observation hours suggests that grooming behavior alone cannot be used to measure status differences between the sexes, nor as a means to understand how pathogens carried by ecto‐parasites are controlled. It is shown that the type of grooming exhibited in an in…
The Evolution of Allomothering Behavior Among Colobine Monkeys
The great majority of Old World monkey females are interested in infants, particularly very young ones. Characteristically, females will approach infants cradled by their mothers and subsequently attempt to touch or hold them. For Cercopithecine monkeys, the subfamily that includes the baboons and macaques, caretaking attempts by females other than the mother are ordinarily unsuccessful, at least during the first two or three weeks of life. Mothe…
Mother–infant cosleeping, breastfeeding and sudden infant death syndrome
Twenty years ago a new area of inquiry was launched when anthropologists proposed that an evolutionary perspective on infancy could contribute to our understanding of unexplained infant deaths. Here we review two decades of research examining parent-infant sleep practices and the variability of maternal and infant sleep physiology and behavior in social and solitary sleeping environments. The results challenge clinical wisdom regarding "normal" i…
An anthropological perspective on the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (Sids)
(1986). An anthropological perspective on the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS): The role of parental breathing cues and speech breathing adaptations. Medical Anthropology: Vol. 10, An Anthropological Perspective on the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS): The Role of Parental Breathing Cues and Speach Breathing Cues and Breathing Adaptations, pp. 9-53
Biosocial functions of grooming behavior among the common Indian langur monkey ( Presbytis entellus )
An intensive study of the Indian langur monkey ( Presbytis entellus ) reveals an interplay between biological and social processes. This study which involved captive animals and over 1,500 observation hours suggests that grooming behavior alone cannot be used to measure status differences between the sexes, nor as a means to understand how pathogens carried by ecto‐parasites are controlled. It is shown that the type of grooming exhibited in an in…
Sleep and arousal patterns of co‐sleeping human mother/infant pairs
The prevailing research design for studying infant sleep erroneously assumes the species‐wide normalcy of solitary nocturnal sleep rather than a social sleeping environment. In fact, current clinical perspectives on infant sleep, which are based exclusively on studies of solitary sleeping infants, may partly reflect culturally induced rather than species‐typical infant sleep patterns which can only be gleaned, we contend here, from infants sleepi…
Toward an Integrated Anthropology of Infant Sleep
This article provides a novel synthesis of anthropological research on infant sleep, focusing on work in biological and sociocultural anthropology in the past decade. First, we briefly review early biological anthropological research into infant sleep from 1987 to 2007, which provided the evidence base for the argument that proximate parent-infant sleep combined with lactation represents a complex set of adaptations that constitute the human evol…
Evolutionary perspectives on mother–infant sleep proximity and breastfeeding in a laboratory setting
Human maternal and infant biology likely coevolved in a context of close physical contact and some approximation of frequent, “infant‐initiated” breastfeeding. Still, mothers and infants commonly sleep apart from one another in many western societies, indicating a possible “mismatch” between cultural norms and infant biology. Here we present data from a 3‐night laboratory‐based study that examines differences in mother–infant sleep physiology and…
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome in Cross-Cultural Perspective
This chapter reviews what is presently known about the sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and examines the role that infant sleeping arrangements may play in reducing SIDS risks. Alongside sleep laboratory-based experimental evidence comparing bedsharing and solitary sleeping mother-infant pairs, an evolutionary and cross-cultural framework is used to argue that infant-parent cosleeping is biologically, psychologically, and socially the most app…
Nighttime parenting strategies and sleep-related risks to infants
A large social science and public health literature addresses infant sleep safety, with implications for infant mortality in the context of accidental deaths and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). As part of risk reduction campaigns in the USA, parents are encouraged to place infants supine and to alter infant bedding and elements of the sleep environment, and are discouraged from allowing infants to sleep unsupervised, from bed-sharing either …
Evolution and sudden infant death syndrome (Sids)
Evolution and the sudden infant death syndrome (Sids)
Aggression and Hypoglycemia in the Andes
In a Stirling-award winning article, Ralph Bolton offered a psychophysiological explanation for the notorious levels of aggression among the "Qolla" (Quechua and Aymara) Indians of the Peruvian altiplano. The long-standing anthropological characterization of these peasants as pathologically aggressive was supported by Bolton's finding that the community of Incawatana had one of the highest murder rates on record. He hypothesized that mild hypogly…
Evolution and the sudden infant death syndrome (Sids)
Biosocial functions of grooming behavior among the common Indian langur monkey ( Presbytis entellus )
An intensive study of the Indian langur monkey ( Presbytis entellus ) reveals an interplay between biological and social processes. This study which involved captive animals and over 1,500 observation hours suggests that grooming behavior alone cannot be used to measure status differences between the sexes, nor as a means to understand how pathogens carried by ecto‐parasites are controlled. It is shown that the type of grooming exhibited in an in…
Rank and reproduction among female langur monkeys
An investigation of the social rank, reproduction, and ages of adult female Indian gray langur monkeys (Presbytis entellus) living in two colony social groups revealed that rank based on displacements is neither correlated with nor best predicted by female age or reproductive value. The hierarchy of female ranks is best conceptualized as a layered ranking system in which there are clusters of females of the same dominance rank forming layers with…
The Evolution of Allomothering Behavior Among Colobine Monkeys
The great majority of Old World monkey females are interested in infants, particularly very young ones. Characteristically, females will approach infants cradled by their mothers and subsequently attempt to touch or hold them. For Cercopithecine monkeys, the subfamily that includes the baboons and macaques, caretaking attempts by females other than the mother are ordinarily unsuccessful, at least during the first two or three weeks of life. Mothe…
Kin Selection in the Japanese Monkey . J. A. Kurland
Aggression and Hypoglycemia in the Andes
In a Stirling-award winning article, Ralph Bolton offered a psychophysiological explanation for the notorious levels of aggression among the "Qolla" (Quechua and Aymara) Indians of the Peruvian altiplano. The long-standing anthropological characterization of these peasants as pathologically aggressive was supported by Bolton's finding that the community of Incawatana had one of the highest murder rates on record. He hypothesized that mild hypogly…
Physical Anthropology
Physical
An anthropological perspective on the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (Sids)
(1986). An anthropological perspective on the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS): The role of parental breathing cues and speech breathing adaptations. Medical Anthropology: Vol. 10, An Anthropological Perspective on the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS): The Role of Parental Breathing Cues and Speach Breathing Cues and Breathing Adaptations, pp. 9-53
Biological Anthropology
Sleep and arousal patterns of co‐sleeping human mother/infant pairs
The prevailing research design for studying infant sleep erroneously assumes the species‐wide normalcy of solitary nocturnal sleep rather than a social sleeping environment. In fact, current clinical perspectives on infant sleep, which are based exclusively on studies of solitary sleeping infants, may partly reflect culturally induced rather than species‐typical infant sleep patterns which can only be gleaned, we contend here, from infants sleepi…
Evolution and the sudden infant death syndrome (Sids)
Evolution and sudden infant death syndrome (Sids)
Evolution and the sudden infant death syndrome (Sids)
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome in Cross-Cultural Perspective
This chapter reviews what is presently known about the sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and examines the role that infant sleeping arrangements may play in reducing SIDS risks. Alongside sleep laboratory-based experimental evidence comparing bedsharing and solitary sleeping mother-infant pairs, an evolutionary and cross-cultural framework is used to argue that infant-parent cosleeping is biologically, psychologically, and socially the most app…
Mother–infant cosleeping, breastfeeding and sudden infant death syndrome
Twenty years ago a new area of inquiry was launched when anthropologists proposed that an evolutionary perspective on infancy could contribute to our understanding of unexplained infant deaths. Here we review two decades of research examining parent-infant sleep practices and the variability of maternal and infant sleep physiology and behavior in social and solitary sleeping environments. The results challenge clinical wisdom regarding "normal" i…
Evolutionary perspectives on mother–infant sleep proximity and breastfeeding in a laboratory setting
Human maternal and infant biology likely coevolved in a context of close physical contact and some approximation of frequent, “infant‐initiated” breastfeeding. Still, mothers and infants commonly sleep apart from one another in many western societies, indicating a possible “mismatch” between cultural norms and infant biology. Here we present data from a 3‐night laboratory‐based study that examines differences in mother–infant sleep physiology and…
‘It is fun, fitness and football really’
Concerns about gender inequalities in longevity, particularly premature male mortality, have prompted a range of innovative approaches to health promotion work dating back to the 1980s. In developing such work, sport, and football in particular, has emerged as a gendered cultural field that has utility for engaging men in community health initiatives. Evaluations of such work have shown that health initiatives using football settings, football in…
Nighttime parenting strategies and sleep-related risks to infants
A large social science and public health literature addresses infant sleep safety, with implications for infant mortality in the context of accidental deaths and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). As part of risk reduction campaigns in the USA, parents are encouraged to place infants supine and to alter infant bedding and elements of the sleep environment, and are discouraged from allowing infants to sleep unsupervised, from bed-sharing either …
A case study objectively assessing female physical activity levels within the National Curriculum for Physical Education
The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of the National Curriculum for Physical Education (NCPE) lesson themes and contexts on the profile of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA). Fifteen, Year 9 Physical Education (PE) lessons were assessed within the lesson themes of Outwitting Opponents (OO) (delivered through field hockey and netball) and Accurate Replication (AR) (delivered through gymnastics) using the System for Observi…
Translating human biology (introduction to special issue)
OBJECTIVES: Introducing a special issue on "Translating Human Biology," we pose two basic questions: Is human biology addressing the most critical challenges facing our species? How can the processes of translating our science be improved and innovated? METHODS: We analyze articles published in American Journal of Human Biology from 2004-2013, and find there is very little human biological consideration of issues related to most of the core human…
Testosterone moderates the effects of social support on cardiovascular disease risk factors among older US men
OBJECTIVES: Social support positively affects health through pathways such as shaping intrapersonal emotional and psychological well-being. Lower testosterone often interrelates with psychological and behavioral orientations that are beneficial to participation in emotionally supportive relationships. Yet, little research has considered the ways in which testosterone may contribute to health outcomes related to emotional support. METHODS: We draw…
Toward an Integrated Anthropology of Infant Sleep
This article provides a novel synthesis of anthropological research on infant sleep, focusing on work in biological and sociocultural anthropology in the past decade. First, we briefly review early biological anthropological research into infant sleep from 1987 to 2007, which provided the evidence base for the argument that proximate parent-infant sleep combined with lactation represents a complex set of adaptations that constitute the human evol…
Psychology (18 obras) · Medicine (16 obras) · Developmental psychology (11 obras) · Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (10 obras) · Pediatrics (10 obras) · Biology (8 obras) · Infant Health and Development (8 obras) · Sudden infant death syndrome (8 obras) · History (7 obras) · Sociology (7 obras)