The Development of Social Engagement

Neurobiological Perspectives
Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-0-19-516871-6
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 450 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 231 mm x 160 mm, Gewicht: 740 g

Recent advances in neuroscience have allowed researchers from various disciplines - developmental psychology, comparative psychology, and developmental psychopathology - to shed light on the neural systems involved in social engagement behaviours in both children and adults. The Development of Social Engagement presents the latest on the topic from each of these intersecting research areas. Developmental psychologists have long been interested in the constellation of behaviours that constitutes early social engagement in infants and young children. Renewed interest in this topic has been sparked by research applying new and innovative techniques to long-standing questions about the development of face processing, joint attention, language, and early social cognition. These developments have been mirrored by the growth of comparative work concerning the neurobiological correlates and determinants of social engagement behaviours across a range of non-human species. The chapters in this volume bring together work on all of these topics, including questions related to social systems, play, maternal behaviour, and evolutionary concerns. The volume also covers the recent application of rigorous biologically focused research paradigms to the study of atypical social engagement in children, both in terms of disorders such as autism and Williams Syndrome, and in terms of the effects of adverse early rearing environments (e.g., institutionalism). This book presents some of the latest research on social-engagement processes across a variety of disciplines that cover a range of life stages and species. It will provide both student and professional researchers with a taste of current research directions in this rapidly expanding field.

Zielgruppe

Researchers/students in developmental neuroscience, cognitive, developmental and clinical psychology

Autoren/Hrsg.

Marshall, Peter J.

Fox, Nathan A.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Sozialpsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Neurobiologie, Verhaltensbiologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Neurowissenschaften, Kognitionswissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- 1: Peter J. Marshall and Nathan A. Fox: Biological Approaches to the Study of Social Engagement

- 2: Cindy P. Polak-Toste and Megan R. Gunnar: Temperamental Exuberance: Correlates and Consequences

- 3: Michelle de Haan and Margriet Groen: Neural Bases of Infants' Processing of Social Information in Faces

- 4: Peter C. Mundy and Françoise Acra: Joint Attention, Social Engagement and the Development of Social Competence

- 5: Shannon M. Pruden, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, and Roberta Michnick Golinkoff: The Social Dimension in Language Development: A Rich History and a New Frontier

- 6: Mark A. Sabbagh: Neurocognitive Bases of Preschoolers' Theory-of-Mind Development: Integrating Cognitive Neuroscience and Cognitive Development

- 7: Miranda M. Lim and Larry J. Young: The Neurobiology of Social Bonds and Affiliation

- 8: Frédéric Lévy and Alison S. Fleming: The Neurobiology of Maternal Behaviour in Mammals

- 9: Sergio M. Pellis and Vivien C. Pellis: Play and the Development of Social Engagement: A Comparative Perspective

- 10: Heidi Keller and Athanasios Chasiotis: Evolutionary Perspectives on Social Engagement

- 11: Raphael Bernier, Sara Jane Webb, and Geraldine Dawson: Understanding Impairments in Social Engagement in Autism

- 12: Helen Tager-Flusberg and Daniela Plesa-Skwerer: Social Engagements in Williams Syndrome

- 13: Michael Rutter: The Psychological Effects of Early Institutional Rearing

Über Autor(innen)

Edited by Peter J. Marshall, Department of Psychology, Temple University, USA and Nathan A. Fox, Department of Human Development, University of Maryland, USA