A revised edition of the best-selling text on how relationships build our brains. An exploration of human relationships as understood through basic concepts of interpersonal neurobiology. This revised edition reflects the wealth of social neuroscience research just out, including how mirror neurons, the polyvagal theory, and epigenetics affect the architecture and development of brain systems and, in turn, how we interact with others. Contents: Introduction — I, Me, Mine Part 1: The Emergence of Social Neuroscience: An Overview 1. The Social Brain 2. The Evolving Brain Part II : The Social Brain Structures and Functions 3. The Developing Brain 4. The Social Brain: A Thumbnail Sketch 5. Social and Emotional Laterality Part III : Building the Social Synapse 6. Experience-Dependent Plasticity: The Science of Epigenetics 7. Reflexes and Instincts: Jumpstarting Attachment 8. Addicted to Love 9. Implicit Social Memory 10. Ways of Attaching Part IV: I See You 11. I’ve Just Seen a Face 12. Getting to Know You 13. Monkey See, Monkey Do: Imitation and Mirror Neurons 14. Resonance, Attunement, and Empathy Part V: The Power of Relationships 15. Sociostasis: How Relationships Regulate Our Brains 16. The Impact of Early Stress 17. Interpersonal Trauma Part VI: Disorders of the Social Brain 18. Social Phobia: When Others Trigger Fear 19. Borderline Personality Disorder: When Attachment Fails 20. Psychopathy: The Antisocial Brain 21. Autism: The Asocial Brain Part VII : Social Neural Plasticity 22. Self and Others 23. From Neurons to Narratives 24. Healing Relationships 25. From Social Brain to Group Mind About the Author: Louis Cozolino, PhD, is a professor of psychology at Pepperdine University and a private practitioner. He is the author of The Healthy Aging Brain, The Neuroscience of Human Relationships, The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy, and The Making of a Therapist. He lives in Los Angeles, California.
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