The Neurobehavioral and Social-Emotional Development of Infants and Children (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology)

Internationally recognized as one of the premier researchers on child development, Ed Tronick has held notable teaching positions and conducted vital research for nearly 30 years.

Now, for the first time, Tronick has gathered together his most influential writings in a single, essential volume. Organized into five parts―(I) Neurobehavior, (II) Culture, (III) Infant Social-Emotional Interaction, (IV) Perturbations: Natural and Experimental, and (V) Dyadic Expansion of Consciousness and Meaning Making―this book represents his major ideas and studies regarding infant-adult interactions, developmental processes, and mutual regulation, carefully addressing such questions as:

• What is a state of consciousness?
• What are the developing infant’s capacities for neurobehavioral self-organization?
• How are early infant-adult interactions organized?
• How can we understand the nature of normal versus abnormal development?
• How do self and mutual regulation relate to developmental processes?
• Is meaning making purely a function of the brain, or is it in our bodies as well?

As a bonus, the book includes a DVD-ROM, with video clips of Tronick’s Still-Face Paradigm, an invaluable teaching aid.