How My Ideas Fit with Current Research
Much of what I propose is built on well-established findings in psychology, neuroscience, and child development. In fact, the core of my theory is closely aligned with what many researchers already believe. My work fills in important gaps in what is already known and helps complete the picture. I also introduce a process that restores a person’s full mental, emotional, and physical potential.
Where We Agree
Research has already shown that early life experiences shape emotional responses, personality traits, and long-term behavior. Many of the concepts in my work, such as baseline emotions and beliefs, have close parallels in existing models. For example:
Researchers use terms like core affect, schemas, and physiological arousal to describe emotional states that shape thought, perception, and decision-making. My terms “baseline emotions” and “beliefs” serve a similar purpose.
It is widely accepted that childhood experience can cause deep and lasting emotional problems that shape how a person functions throughout life.
Many researchers agree that emotionally significant memories from early life play a central role in how adults evaluate situations and respond to stress, relationships, and unfamiliar environments.
In short, the basic principles behind my theory are already part of the scientific conversation. I am not replacing current models. I am building on them.
What I Add
Here are the main ideas I propose that go beyond what current models include:
Facial imprinting and emotional development: I propose that infants go through a fixed biological process that causes a small number of caregiver faces to become permanently imprinted in the brain. I suggest that emotional development is shaped only by interactions with these specific people. This challenges the broader idea that emotional patterns come from a wide range of relationships or general social experience.
Specific emotional pathways: My model explains exactly how emotional patterns form during childhood. The mechanisms I outline are more specific than those described in current psychological models.
Minimal role of genetics: I propose that genetics has only a small influence on emotional development. Many researchers support this view, although others believe genetic effects are large.
Childhood experience and physical skill: I suggest that childhood experience largely determines a person's physical skill levels in adulthood.
A method for reversal: I describe a process that undoes the negative effects of childhood experience and restores a person’s full emotional and physical potential.
Why This Matters
My work fills in missing pieces that give us a much better understanding of how people develop. It explains how emotional patterns take shape in childhood and how they affect a person’s life over time. It also includes a process that can undo the harmful effects of childhood experience and help people reach their full mental, emotional, and physical potential.