by Evan Dwan | May 26, 2021 | News |
The pioneering affective neuroscientist Jaak Panksepp writes that although we are a resilient species our genetic heritage does not guarantee the development of affectively-balanced minds – this emerges from the ‘primal, inherited emotional forces’ interacting with...
by Evan Dwan | May 25, 2021 | News |
Darcia Narvaez writes that, similar to other life forms, humans have evolved with particular needs. We are born incomplete, barely formed, and are deeply impacted by the postnatal environment, in particular, how physical and psychological needs are met. The sequence...
by Evan Dwan | May 25, 2021 | News |
James Prescott notes that scientific evidence has been building since Bowlby’s time of how the attachment of the infant to its mother lies at the core of our humanity. Sarah Hrdy writes that it was the mother that continuously carried the infant in skin-to-skin...
by Evan Dwan | May 25, 2021 | News |
The capacity to create and maintain relationships is not only central to our health but also our survival as a species. Empathy is central to this, a capacity which is influenced by the nature and timing of different developmental influences. Modern environments are,...
by Evan Dwan | May 24, 2021 | News |
According to Sue Gerhardt, brains are shaped by experience and the quality of care we receive as babies affects our neurobiology. Early brain development is very rapid and sets up neural pathways and biochemical systems that we will continue to use throughout the...
