Dr. Tracy Vaillancourt

But if you think about it, so like if you and I did a thought experiment right now, and I know you said you were bullied as a child, and you think about those moments, you're probably gonna still have a visceral reaction. And that has an evolutionary significance. That not belonging is so salient. It's how we got ahead as a human species.

But if you think about it, so like if you and I did a thought experiment right now, and I know you said you were bullied as a child, and you think about those moments, you're probably gonna still have a visceral reaction. And that has an evolutionary significance. That not belonging is so salient. It's how we got ahead as a human species.

It's how we collaborate that the neural alarm is massive when you don't. And so your brain is going to never forget it and neither will your body.

It's how we collaborate that the neural alarm is massive when you don't. And so your brain is going to never forget it and neither will your body.

It's how we collaborate that the neural alarm is massive when you don't. And so your brain is going to never forget it and neither will your body.

So when we look at, um, you and I talked about this last time about 5-HTT-LPR, the serotonin transporter gene. So, and obviously like genetics have advanced epigenetics is kind of like the new thing they're doing full scans. Um, full gene scans and the like. So there's a few people looking at the genetic vulnerability and there is a little bit that exists.

So when we look at, um, you and I talked about this last time about 5-HTT-LPR, the serotonin transporter gene. So, and obviously like genetics have advanced epigenetics is kind of like the new thing they're doing full scans. Um, full gene scans and the like. So there's a few people looking at the genetic vulnerability and there is a little bit that exists.

So when we look at, um, you and I talked about this last time about 5-HTT-LPR, the serotonin transporter gene. So, and obviously like genetics have advanced epigenetics is kind of like the new thing they're doing full scans. Um, full gene scans and the like. So there's a few people looking at the genetic vulnerability and there is a little bit that exists.

I can't tell you what specific genes are involved. I don't think that's the way to go. It doesn't make sense to me. I think that was the way to go 20 years ago. That's how we thought about it, but we don't think about it that way today. I do think that there are other things that like, obviously genes influence everything.

I can't tell you what specific genes are involved. I don't think that's the way to go. It doesn't make sense to me. I think that was the way to go 20 years ago. That's how we thought about it, but we don't think about it that way today. I do think that there are other things that like, obviously genes influence everything.

I can't tell you what specific genes are involved. I don't think that's the way to go. It doesn't make sense to me. I think that was the way to go 20 years ago. That's how we thought about it, but we don't think about it that way today. I do think that there are other things that like, obviously genes influence everything.

So the way a person sees the world is going to also be attached to how they interpret events. Some people are just more sensitive to cues of belonging and not belonging. So they're high on rejection sensitivity. Some individuals are more anxious. So if you think about it from a biological perspective, their limbic system is more active, their prefrontal cortex, in a sense.

So the way a person sees the world is going to also be attached to how they interpret events. Some people are just more sensitive to cues of belonging and not belonging. So they're high on rejection sensitivity. Some individuals are more anxious. So if you think about it from a biological perspective, their limbic system is more active, their prefrontal cortex, in a sense.

So the way a person sees the world is going to also be attached to how they interpret events. Some people are just more sensitive to cues of belonging and not belonging. So they're high on rejection sensitivity. Some individuals are more anxious. So if you think about it from a biological perspective, their limbic system is more active, their prefrontal cortex, in a sense.

gets hijacked by their limbic system and it won't let them calm down. It won't let them be rational. It won't let them see things, um, as more nuanced. So all of these individual differences affect how a person deals with bullying. I think it's really important. And that's the bulk of my work is showing that, um,

gets hijacked by their limbic system and it won't let them calm down. It won't let them be rational. It won't let them see things, um, as more nuanced. So all of these individual differences affect how a person deals with bullying. I think it's really important. And that's the bulk of my work is showing that, um,

gets hijacked by their limbic system and it won't let them calm down. It won't let them be rational. It won't let them see things, um, as more nuanced. So all of these individual differences affect how a person deals with bullying. I think it's really important. And that's the bulk of my work is showing that, um,

these this kind of heterogeneity because it's really important because some kids do better than others and then the kids who do better are kind of seen as the poster child of like this is what you should aspire to be the fact that you're not doing as well as becky is because there's something wrong with you chris if you just weren't so whiny if you just weren't so um

these this kind of heterogeneity because it's really important because some kids do better than others and then the kids who do better are kind of seen as the poster child of like this is what you should aspire to be the fact that you're not doing as well as becky is because there's something wrong with you chris if you just weren't so whiny if you just weren't so um

these this kind of heterogeneity because it's really important because some kids do better than others and then the kids who do better are kind of seen as the poster child of like this is what you should aspire to be the fact that you're not doing as well as becky is because there's something wrong with you chris if you just weren't so whiny if you just weren't so um