Susan Hart

Brain, Attachment, Personality

An Introduction to Neuroaffective Development

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is intended as an inspiration and as an introduction to what Susan Hart has called neuroaffective developmental psychology. As an underlying theme throughout the book, she seeks to emphasize the importance of attachment for the formation of personality in all its diversity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. August 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 145mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 612g
• ISBN-13: 9781855755888
• ISBN-10: 1855755882
• Artikelnr.: 24367869

Autorenporträt

Susan Hart

Inhaltsangabe

About the Author
Foreword
The dynamic brain in a dynamic environment: an epigenetic understanding
Genetics and embryology: the cradle of personality
The brain: a complex and dynamic structure
Windows of opportunity: the programmable hardwired system
Resonance
synchronicity
and mirror neurons: the basic units of brain circuitry and affect attunement
The basic body-sensing and affect-regulating brain: brainstem and cerebellum
The brain of motor systems and emotions: the diencephalon and the limbic system
The brain of complex emotions
mentalization
abstraction
and reason: the parietal lobes and the prefrontal cortex
Neurotransmitters
peptides
and hormones: the messengers of the brain
The affect-regulating system of the brain
Girls
boys
men
and women: the impact of sex hormones and environment on differences between the sexes
The lateralized brain: right and left hemisphere
Memory and its impact on the formation of personality and mentalization
The foundation of personality: self and consciousness
Epilogue