by Evan Dwan | Jun 29, 2021 | News |
Allan Schore writes that psychobiological attunement is thought to be mechanism that facilitates the formation of the attachment bond. The infant attaches to the caregiver who enables the infant to enter states of positive affect, while reducing states of negative...
by Evan Dwan | Jun 27, 2021 | News |
In the first year of life visual experiences play a key role in social and emotional development. The infant’s gaze evokes the mother’s gaze, forming a dyadic system of mutual influence. Mutual gaze interactions are intense interpersonal communications in which the...
by Evan Dwan | Jun 27, 2021 | News |
Self-regulation is an essential organising principle in the development of living systems. It might even be the mechanism by which systems develop. Development occurs in a progression of stages in which adaptive self-regulatory structures and functions emerge that...
by Evan Dwan | Jun 27, 2021 | News |
Allan Schore writes that the self-organisation of the developing brain occurs in relationship with another brain. This relational environment can be growth-facilitating or growth inhibiting. It is this environment that imprints into the early developing right-brain...
by Evan Dwan | Jun 25, 2021 | News |
Peter Fonagy writes that attachment theory holds that there is a universal human need to form close, affectional bonds. Early reciprocal relationships is a precondition for healthy development in all mammals. Proximity-seeking, smiling and clinging are examples of...
