Why love matters : how affection shapes a baby's brain
by
 
Gerhardt, Sue, 1953-

Title
Why love matters : how affection shapes a baby's brain

Author
Gerhardt, Sue, 1953-

ISBN
9781583918173
 
9781583918166

Personal Author
Gerhardt, Sue, 1953-

Edition
1st ed.

Publication Information
Hove, East Sussex ; New York : Brunner-Routledge, 2004.

Physical Description
ix, 246 p. ; 20cm.

Contents
The foundations: babies and their brains. Back to the beginning -- Building a brain -- Corrosive cortisol -- Shaky foundations and their consequences. Trying not to feel -- Melancholy baby -- Active harm -- Torment -- Original sin -- Too much information, not enough solutions."If all else fails, hug your teddy bear" -- Birth of the future.

Subject Term
Infants -- Development.
 
Infant psychology.
 
Brain chemistry.
 
Developmental neurobiology.
 
Brain -- Growth.
 
Parent and child.
 
Brain -- growth & development -- Infant.
 
Brain Chemistry -- Infant.
 
Emotions -- physiology -- Infant.
 
Hydrocortisone -- biosynthesis -- Infant.
 
Mental Disorders -- chemically induced -- Infant.
 
Mental Disorders -- prevention & control -- Infant.
 
Personality Development -- Infant.

Electronic Access
Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0412/2003026871.html


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