Includes bibliographical references (pages 435-612) and index.
Contents:
Part I. The emergence of social neuroscience : an overview -- ch. 1. The social brain -- ch. 2. The evolving brain -- Part II. The social brain structures and functions -- ch. 3. The developing brain -- ch. 4. The social brain : a thumbnail sketch -- ch. 5. Social and emotional laterality -- Part III. Bridging the social synapse -- ch. 6. Experience-dependent plasticity : the science of epigenetics -- ch. 7. Reflexes and instincts : jumpstarting attachment -- ch. 8. Addicted to love -- ch. 9. Implicit social memory -- ch. 10. Ways of attaching -- Part IV. I see you -- ch. 11. I've just seen a face -- ch. 12. Getting to know you -- ch. 13. Monkey see, monkey do : imitation and mirror neurons -- ch. 14. Resonance, attunement, and empathy -- Part V. The power of relationships -- ch. 15. Sociostasis : how relationships regulate our brains -- ch. 16. The impact of early stress -- ch. 17. Interpersonal trauma -- Part VI. Disorders of the social brain -- ch. 18. Social phobia : when others trigger fear -- ch. 19. Borderline personality disorder : when attachment fails -- ch. 20. Psychopathy : the antisocial brain -- ch. 21. Autism : the asocial brain -- Part VII. Social neural plasticity -- ch. 22. Self and others -- ch. 23. From neurons to narratives -- ch. 24. Healing relationships -- ch. 25. From social brain to group mind.
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