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New Research Changes Everything We Know About the Genes of HSPs (highlysensitiverefuge.com)
The “Sensitivity Gene” That Wasn’t
There is no single gene that “makes” someone an HSP. However, for the past 20 years or so, researchers have believed that a handful of genes play a particularly important role in how sensitive someone is. The most prominent of these is a particular variation on the serotonin transporter gene (SERT). One crucial area of this gene contains two lines of genetic code which can each be either “long” or “short.” HSPs may be more likely to carry the short/short variant.
The short SERT gene has been widely studied but also widely misunderstood. At one time, it was considered to be a depression gene, where people with the short version are more likely to have anxiety and depression. Fascinatingly, ethnic and racial data proved this theory wrong: East Asians are statistically more likely to have the short SERT variant, but as neuroscientist Joan Chiao showed, eastern Asia actually has lower rates of depression than North America. Something wasn’t adding up.
Chiao’s finding led to a theory that the short SERT gene actually gives people an advantage in more “collective” minded culture but stresses them out in more “individualistic” cultures, and thus shapes the way cultures evolve. That theory is not widely accepted, either. (Putting aside the questionable connotations of assigning a “collectivist” mindset to Asians writ large, Pluess explained that it’s extremely unlikely that any one gene can play such a big role in shaping culture.)
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If you doubted "Dave Dave" was really Michael Jackson… What do you think now?
This is pretty mind blowing. Follow the thread..
Michael beat the CABAL… And I think Trump knows.
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WTF!
Senate Staffer Caught Filming Gay Sex Tape In Senate Hearing Roomhttps://t.co/UkEBWnzuwZ
“Reportedly” one of them is Senator Ben Cardin…
This is so disgusting…
Leaked video footage shows a congressional staffer having unprotected anal sex with an unknown man on a…
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Laura’s View and Tarot, Too (interesting the presence of her cat)…….definite yes (timeline splitting)………
Timeline Split
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