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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gerhardt, Sue, 1953-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Hove, East Sussex ; New York : Brunner-Routledge, 2004.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of 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.