by: Louis Cozolino
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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 612.8
EAN: 9780393704549
Edition: 1
ISBN: 0393704548
Label: W. W. Norton & Company
Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 464
Publication Date: November 17, 2006
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Studio: W. W. Norton & Company
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A visual exploration of how the brain develops throughout our lives.
Just as neurons communicate through mutual stimulation, brains strive to connect with one another. Louis Cozolino shows us how brains are highly social organisms. Balancing cogent explanation with instructive brain diagrams, he presents an atlas of sorts, illustrating how the architecture and development of brain systems from before birth through adulthood determine how we interact with others.
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- Excellent addition to the child development and disorders literatureAs a clinician working with children--especially children who have developmental issues, maltreatment issues, neglect, foster care and adoption, and other complicated issues; I found the book to be a clear, comprehensive, and excellent addition to the literature about childhood development. It offers cutting edge information about attachment and development, as well as a perspective that explains much of what can go wrong, and why. It should be required reading for ANY child specialist--in education, health, or other related professions. Excellent. Highly recommended.
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- My Brain Needs Your Brain: " It is the power of being with others that shapes our brains."In this book, Dr. Cozolino presents the brain as a social organ. He asserts that just as neurons need each other to grow and thrive through neural communication, our brains themselves need other brains, as they influence our brains' development and their capacity to learn, to adapt, and to heal throughout life. The brain is shaped by relationships throughout life. Indeed, "the brain is a social organ built through experience." Before purchasing this book, I expected the author to explore the parts of the brain that regulate social interactions. He exceeded my expectations.
This is a tremendously informative book for neuroscientists, psychiatrists, and for the layman. It suggests that neuroscientists adopt a social perspective in studying the brain. It lays out for psychotherapists a new approach to successful psychotherapy, which incorporates authentic relationships with their patients. It counsels parents to develop healthy relationships with their children, for the quality of parenting and early relationships leave an indelible mark on their children's brains. It emphasizes the importance of healthy relationships for the well-being of our brains.
The first part of the book, The Emergence of Social Neuroscience, coins the concept of the" social synapse". The author claims that as neurons communicate across synapses, people communicate across the social synapse. It is through this social synapse that we impact each other's neurobiology and, as a result, each other's behaviors. Our survival is contingent upon bridging this social synapse daily.
The second part, The social brain: Structures and Functions, explores the structures and systems that participate in the social functions of the brain. Specifically, it explores the cortical and subcortical structures, the sensory, motor, and affective systems, and the regulatory systems.
The third part, Bridging the Social Synapse, discusses experience-dependent plasticity, which means that our brains are able to organize and reorganize themselves (to change themselves) as we interact with our environments. Thus our brains change themselves to meet our needs.
The fourth part, Social Vision: The Language of Faces, explains the influence of gaze and facial expression on the social brain. In fact, "eye gaze plays a central role in social communication: It provides information, regulates interactions, expresses intimacy or threat, exercises social control, and ... Read More
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- Stimulating and informative read!Excellent highly readable scientifically based argument for the power of human relationships in shaping the brain, and thus,individuals across the lifespan. As a psychotherapist and long-time member of a Twelve-Step program, I better understand the notion of self-help groups reshaping and healing the malleable brain. Higher Power? It appears that the Group itself truly is the transformative Power. Feel the love. Thanks, Louis! Terrific!
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- Neuroscience of Human Relationships - L.CozolinoCozolino does an outstanding job of making this complex subject accessible. This is a MUST READ for professionals in the fields of healthcare/emotional healthcare /education and anyone, who wants an enriched understanding of the critical interplay between a developing brain and its relationship system.
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- Great read!This is not your boring blah blah blah book on Psychology or Neurosceince. Its a great informative book, bringing issues and the reasonings behind them together! Its my coffee table book :)
