by Evan Dwan | May 30, 2021 | News |
The psychiatrist Bruce Perry notes that our ancestors developed systems of practices to heal trauma and loss. Amongst aboriginal cultures some common healing principles are present. The core elements in these rituals include creating a meaningful narrative within a...
by Evan Dwan | May 29, 2021 | News |
Mary Ainsworth was a researcher who developed a test for attachment – the strange situation. In this experiment a mother and a one-year-old enter a room full of toys. The child is given time to explore and play. Then a stranger enters the room. Next, the mother leaves...
by Evan Dwan | May 29, 2021 | News |
Darcia Narvaez writes that babies are born with most neurons in place but most networks are yet to be developed. This development accounts for 75% of adult brain weight. Brain development is an experience-dependant process. Prenatal and postnatal periods are times of...
by Evan Dwan | May 29, 2021 | News |
A psychologist called Harry Harlow conducted a study in which he separated baby monkeys from their mothers at birth and raised them in a cage with a wire-mesh ‘mother’ and a cloth ‘mother’. The wire-mesh mother offered food from a milk bottle attached to its chest...
by Evan Dwan | May 28, 2021 | News |
Attachment is the powerful bond of love that exists between a caregiver and a child (or between any two people at any stage). Attachment is at the core of infancy, as well as all stages throughout the life span. Proximity seeking behaviour refers to our need to be...
by Evan Dwan | May 28, 2021 | News |
Darcia Narvaez describes the affect of early stress on the infant’s developing neurobiology in her 2014 book on human morality. A new-born has few systems that are fully operational. The survival systems are in place but are further conditioned by the kind of...
