Sentences with phrase «promote social withdrawal»

We have characterized the circuit that mediates its ability to promote social withdrawal, and we are now exploring the mechanisms that turn that circuit off when males interact with females.

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We are also characterizing the neural circuits through which vasotocin, the ancestral homologue of vasopressin, promotes context - dependent social withdrawal in male goldfish, as well as the receptor mechanisms that underlie its ability to have different behavioral effects in different social contexts.

Preliminary research suggests an optimistic picture for preventative strategies and easily accessible education programs for the parents and caregivers of inhibited preschool children.74 Such programs are aimed at educating the caregivers regarding the nature of temperament and withdrawal and providing techniques through which they may help behavioural inhibition children develop the ability to regulate reactivity to novelty thus promoting the development of social skills and decreasing inhibited and anxious behaviour over time.

Likewise, postnatal maternal depression promotes forms of parenting [13] that enhance stress reactivity, social withdrawal, and inattention [14 — 16], which in turn predicts an increased risk for depression and behavioral problems in the offspring [17, 18].