Claim PLN-06
Claim PLN-06
A thought spoken in one mind can travel down through a room's relationships and hormones and, over time, into other people's gene expression.
- Its mark
- Known. Supported by robust, replicated evidence and accepted by the relevant scientific mainstream. Solid ground.
- Basis
- finding. A claim about how the world is, answerable to evidence.
- Where it appears in the book
- Chapter 2, The Hierarchy Within
- How it was checked
- Corrected from the manuscript
Sources
- Alwis, H. The Cathedral: Detailed Notes on the Text (manuscript, March 2026 version in the World Systems project).
- Cole, S. W., Hawkley, L. C., Arevalo, J. M., Sung, C. Y., Rose, R. M., & Cacioppo, J. T. (2007). Social regulation of gene expression in human leukocytes. Genome Biology, 8(9), R189. DOI 10.1186/gb-2007-8-9-r189
- Dickerson, S. S., & Kemeny, M. E. (2004). Acute stressors and cortisol responses: a theoretical integration and synthesis of laboratory research. Psychological Bulletin, 130(3), 355-391. DOI 10.1037/0033-2909.130.3.355
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