Bianca Jones Marlin, Ph.D. bụ onye ọkà mmụta nke America na Herbert and Florence Irving Assistant Prọfesọ nke nyocha mkpụrụ ndụ na Zuckerman Institute na Mahadum Columbia na New York City. Marlin na-amụ usoro epigenetic nke na-eme ka ọnyà ndị nne na nna nwee ike ibufe ụmụ n'ụdị òké. Ọrụ nke Marlin mgbe gụsịrị akwụkwọ kpugheere ọrụ bụ isi maka hormone oxytocin na omume nne, nke eji wee nye ya ihe nrite Donald B. Lindsley na Behavioral Neuroscience n'ihi ihe odide nke Ph.D ya nke puru iche na ihe nrite STAT Wunderkinds maka nchoputa ya gbara agba. Marlin tolitere na Central Islip, Long Island ebe e nwere usoro ezinụlọ pụrụ iche nke metụtara ọnọdụ ọrụ ya. Nne na nna mụrụ Marlin, bụ́ ndị ya na ha bi, bụkwa ndị kpọọrọ ụmụ ndị ọ na-abughi ha mụrụ. I Dika ya na ụmụnne ya na-tolite, nke a mere ka Marlin nwee mmasị na ihe nketa mkpụrụ ndụ mgbe ọ dị obere. Ige ntị akụkọ ndị siri ike sitere n'aka ụmụnne ya ndị ọ na-abụghị nne na nna ya mụrụ ha bụ ihe na-enye aka inye ya mmasị ka mmekọrịta nne na nna na ahụmahụ si emetụta ụmụaka.