The social brain meets the reactive genome: neuroscience, epigenetics and the new social biology Meloni, Maurizio 2014, The social brain meets the reactive genome: neuroscience, epigenetics and the new social biology, Frontiers in human neuroscience, vol. 8, pp. 1-12, doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00309. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title The social brain meets the reactive genome: neuroscience, epigenetics and the new social biology Author(s) Meloni, Maurizio orcid.org/0000-0003-2570-3872 Journal name Frontiers in human neuroscience Volume number 8 Article ID 309 Start page 1 End page 12 Total pages 12 Publisher Frontiers Media Place of publication Lausanne, Switzerland Publication date 2014-05-21 ISSN 1662-5161 Keyword(s) epigenetics Meaney methylation neuroepigenetics postgenomics plasticity social neuroscience Summary The rise of molecular epigenetics over the last few years promises to bring the discourse about the sociality and susceptibility to environmental influences of the brain to an entirely new level. Epigenetics deals with molecular mechanisms such as gene expression, which may embed in the organism “memories” of social experiences and environmental exposures. These changes in gene expression may be transmitted across generations without changes in the DNA sequence. Epigenetics is the most advanced example of the new postgenomic and context-dependent view of the gene that is making its way into contemporary biology. In my article I will use the current emergence of epigenetics and its link with neuroscience research as an example of the new, and in a way unprecedented, sociality of contemporary biology. After a review of the most important developments of epigenetic research, and some of its links with neuroscience, in the second part I reflect on the novel challenges that epigenetics presents for the social sciences for a re-conceptualization of the link between the biological and the social in a postgenomic age. Although epigenetics remains a contested, hyped, and often uncritical terrain, I claim that especially when conceptualized in broader non-genecentric frameworks, it has a genuine potential to reformulate the ossified biology/society debate. Language eng DOI 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00309 Field of Research 160806 Social Theory 160808 Sociology and Social Studies of Science and Technology 220206 History and Philosophy of Science (incl Non-Historical Philosophy of Science) Socio Economic Objective 970116 Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2014, Meloni Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30107805 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education Centre for Citizenship and Globalisation Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Link to full-text (open access)   Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 20 Apr 2018, 11:21:21 EST Fri, 20 Apr 2018, 15:30:30 EST Fri, 20 Apr 2018, 15:38:39 EST Fri, 27 Jul 2018, 06:04:12 EST Fri, 03 Aug 2018, 15:47:22 EST Fri, 03 Aug 2018, 15:49:15 EST Fri, 03 Aug 2018, 15:50:27 EST Wed, 13 Nov 2019, 17:40:38 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 151 Abstract Views, 2 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 20 Apr 2018, 11:21:21 EST

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