by Evan Dwan | Mar 10, 2022 | News |
Allan Schore writes that the self-organisation of the developing brain occurs in relationship with another brain (Schore, 2019a). This relational environment can be growth-facilitating or growth inhibiting. It is this environment that imprints into the early...
by Evan Dwan | Feb 14, 2022 | News |
Most mammalian offspring find it distressing when they lose contact with their caregiver (Narvaez, 2013). In infant rats even short separations from the mother can cause lifelong changes in stress responsivity. However, brief and graded separations that are...
by Evan Dwan | Feb 14, 2022 | News |
The most significant goal of early development may be preparation and social interaction and participation in close relationships (Narvaez and Gleason, in Narvaez ancestral). A focus on individuals or even groups of humans is an inadequate frame for understanding...
by Evan Dwan | Feb 13, 2022 | News |
Sarah Hrdy writes: “It was the mother who continuously carried the infant skin-to-skin contact – stomach to stomach, chest to breast. Soothed by her heartbeat, nestled in the heat of her body, rocked by her movements, the infant’s entire world was its mother” (1999,...
by Evan Dwan | Feb 13, 2022 | News |
In order to reverse the current negative trends in well-being, science needs to develop an understanding of the psychobiological needs of humans that result from their evolutionary nature (Narvaez et al, 2013). The diminishment of child-rearing capacity in modern...
