by Evan Dwan | May 28, 2021 | News |
The foundations of a human life are laid down during pregnancy and the first two years of life. During this time the ‘social brain’ is shaped, a period in which the emotional style and resources of an individual are developed. The social brain is the part of the brain...
by Evan Dwan | May 28, 2021 | News |
Daniel Stern tells us that development happens not through stages or dramatic changes but through all the small interactions between the child and their parent’s day by day. There are no critical phases just a series of important moments that add up to create change....
by Evan Dwan | May 27, 2021 | News |
Anthropological reports show that small-band hunter-gatherer groups provide a cultural commons for child development, following what Darcia Narvaez calls the ‘evolved developmental niche’. They provide ‘companionship care’ and raise people who are...
by Evan Dwan | May 27, 2021 | News |
Darcia Narvaez writes that hyper Darwinism says that genes are the dominant players in our lives. But this may be a way of viewing the world that arises out of body and brain systems that are in self-protective mode as a result of trauma and a lack of early nurture....
by Evan Dwan | May 27, 2021 | News |
In his book, What is health? Peter Sterling recounts an Oliver Sacks tells story of ‘the lost Mariner’ – Jimmy, a former seaman, a man in his forties who has lost all his memories going back to 18. Jimmy could not form social bonds and was depressed and agitated. The...
