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The Neuroscience of Human Relationships: Attachment and the Developing Social Brain (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology) Second Edition

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A revised edition of the best-selling text on how relationships build our brains.

As human beings, we cherish our individuality yet we know that we live in constant relationship to others, and that other people play a significant part in regulating our emotional and social behavior. Although this interdependence is a reality of our existence, we are just beginning to understand that we have evolved as social creatures with interwoven brains and biologies. The human brain itself is a social organ and to truly understand being human, we must understand not only how we as whole people exist with others, but how our brains, themselves, exist in relationship to other brains.

The first edition of this book tackled these important questions of interpersonal neurobiology―that the brain is a social organ built through experience―using poignant case examples from the author’s years of clinical experience. Brain drawings and elegant explanations of social neuroscience wove together emerging findings from the research literature to bring neuroscience to the stories of our lives.

Since the publication of the first edition in 2006, the field of social neuroscience has grown at a mind-numbing pace. Technical advances now provide more windows into our inner neural universe and terms like attachment, empathy, compassion, and mindfulness have begun to appear in the scientific literature. Overall, there has been a deepening appreciation for the essential interdependence of brain and mind. More and more parents, teachers, and therapists are asking how brains develop, grow, connect, learn, and heal. The new edition of this book organizes this cutting-edge, abundant research and presents its compelling insights, reflecting a host of significant developments in social neuroscience.

Our understanding of mirror neurons and their significance to human relationships has continued to expand and deepen and is discussed here. Additionally, this edition reflects the gradual shift in focus from individual brain structures to functional neural systems―an important and necessary step forward. A great deal of neural overlap has been discovered in brain activation when we are thinking about others and ourselves. This raises many questions including how we come to know others and whether the notion of an “individual self” is anything more than an evolutionary strategy to support our interconnection.

In short, we are just beginning to see the larger implications of all neurological processes―how the architecture of the brain can help us to better understand individuals and our relationships. This book gives readers a deeper appreciation of how and why relationships have the power to reshape our brains throughout our life. 27 illustrations

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"[F]ascinating . . . . The narratives provided are helpful in understanding the application of neuroscience in the clinical setting. The reader will certainly come away with a "deeper appreciation of the complexity and importance of our interactions with others, especially those closest to us" (xv)."
― Somatic Psychotherapy Today

"[R]emarkable book . . . . Cozolino not only provides valuable insights for treating old wounds, but, much more importantly, he describes the kind of nurturing social environments that can prevent such damage in the first place."
― Association for Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology And Health

"I had barely started this book and was already recommending it to friends and colleagues. . . . I have been using Cozolino’s wisdom and work both for my clients and myself since reading this book. The breadth of empirical knowledge and wisdom it contains is phenomenal. . . . And due to Cozolino’s emphasis on attachment theory and development of the mind ― including how he uses neuroscience and attachment theory in helping clients to change ― I would recommend his work to parents as well."
― Psych Central

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Dr. Lou Cozolino practices psychotherapy and consulting psychology in Beverly Hills, California. He received his PhD in Clinical Psychology from UCLA and an MTS from Harvard University. He has been a professor at Pepperdine since 1986 and lectures around the world on psychotherapy, neuroscience, trauma, and attachment. Dr. Cozolino is the Series Editor of the Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB) and the author of ten Norton books, including the bestsellers The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy, 3rd Edition, The Neuroscience of Human Relationships, 2nd Edition, and The Making of a Therapist.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ W. W. Norton & Company; Second edition (March 24, 2014)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 656 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0393707822
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0393707823
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.3 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.4 x 1.7 x 9.6 inches

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Elmer Reed

A second edition with much new material

Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2014

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I read the first edition of this book a while back and I ignored this book for some time because I didn't pick up that it's a second edition of a previous book. It took some thinking and research before I finally decided that this second edition was sufficiently different to warrant the purchase price. I can tell you now that it is well worth it. This second edition is quite a different book. Cozolino gets much more into the physical aspects of the brain in describing what the mind/brain does and how it does it. Several new (to me) ideas came across in this second edition. For the first two or three years of life the brain's left hemisphere is not operational and thus the right hemisphere operates without the cognitive controls of the more mature brain. Because this right hemisphere is mainly interested in detecting danger, escaping, and keeping the individual safe, in situations of abuse and neglect at these young ages, the brain can run amok without cognitive control from the left hemisphere. These fears become embedded in the brain's "fear circuits" and life long fear/anxiety can be the unfortunate result. Thus the importance of making the 2-3 year-old feel safe, secure, and trusting always. At age 4 to 6 the left hemisphere brain kicks in and helps keep things more under control. (Margaret Wilkinson also discusses this in Changing Minds) The other idea which helped me a lot was that in order for the "self" to develop, the caregiver must treat the child as a unique individual who needs help figuring out what and who he/she is from day one. Interested questions and listening are essential for the child's self to develop. Otherwise the resulting individual will not know where or how he/she fits into society and will not know how to utilize the relationships necessary for performing in said society. The resulting adult person will outwardly be responsive in relationships but an empty shell inwardly without understanding a personal direction to follow in life, thus an "empty shell". These two ideas explain some personalities I have known.
To summarize these ideas: the human child needs brain/mind psychological help and support to get started in life perhaps just as much or more than he/she needs physical/security help. The brain at birth has a ways to grow just the same as the whole body does.
These are wonderful ideas to have explained in an understandable manner.
I think Prof. Cozolino is a national treasure. He writes like "everyman", covering physical, psychological, and therapy in a systems manner. I've never read an author quite like him before. He's intellectual, articulate, and down-to-earth.

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MamaTone

Book is TOO SMART FOR ME!

Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2019

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Oh my absolute-freaking-holy-Moses! This book was mostly over my head.

I consider myself pretty intelligent... master's degree and all that nonsense, and I read a fair bit. A friend who is well versed in Neuro-Linguistic Programming recommended this to me.

Yes, very interesting about how we have a "SOCIAL BRAIN". Author makes the comparison of brain synapsis with "social synapsis", where one person's subconscious directly affects the other person's subconscious without a word being spoken.

Very cool, very enlightening in many ways. But geeeeze, there were SO MANY medical terms I didn't understand. Usually I can read an unknown word "in context" .... not here.

First time in decades I read a book that felt "over-my-head". Still an interesting, and very different, insight on how our inner-thoughts are formed.

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Really a one-of-a-kind book

Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2017

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The Neuroscience of Human Relationships is an in-depth book that sends a reader into the world of interpersonal neurobiology. Cozolino does an amazing job a huge amount of facts and even some well-founded theories to explain the ways people connect and the underlying "mechanics" of the brain that allow for successful connection. The book goes into great detail and connects ideas for a very solid experience of the information. The examples integrated throughout the text helped to provide an understanding and an application for a subject, a chance to see it in action. Some of the stories were touching, and all of them helped me to develop an understanding of what I was reading. I got the Kindle version, and it was very helpful to highlight important sections and to write down my thoughts on any given part. The writing style was engaging and kept me coming back to the book. I highly recommend this book to anyone who has an interest in human psychology. Not only do you learn about psychology, you also learn about the neuroscience behind it and how the two subjects are really connected, an apparently new revelation.

I will admit that some of the parts were kind of dry. I personally enjoy the behavioral and psychological discussions in the book, and, while learning about the parts of the brain that contribute to it was interesting, there were times when I decided to just skim over those parts. Fortunately, this does not detract from the fact that Cozolino really is a great writer. I will definitely be buying and reading his other books.

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This book was exactly what I was looking for over the topic area.

Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2018

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After prying the pages apart obviously from printing, I found this book to be very informative over the content area and the information was clear and concise. The author covers a wine area of variables provides tables for specific patterned behaviors concerning areas such as drugs endorphins love social information processing regulatory systems stress regulations Etc. I read the reviews and I thought this would be what I needed and I was not disappointed. The pictures are put here just as a wink because I tend to be a stinker. I didn't mind the pages sticking together at all in fact I smiled while I broke them apart and scanning the pages. Never mind the picture as I have seen to come to the end of the pages sticking together at the right hand top corner. Great Buy

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Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2015

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Very technical and not for lay readers, but very illuminating. Several of the chapters were life-changing for me, something I have been searching for for fifty years. Anyone with low self-esteem issues would benefit from the "core shame" chapter, if you can fathom the neuroscience. For that I recommend the audio CDs by Dr. Dan Siegel: "The Neurobiology of We".

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Practical case studies to example the science.

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Heavy on brain science.

Maggie Wakefield

Even our brains are interconnected

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 16, 2017

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A challenging but ground-breaking book and shows how we are interconnected even at a neurological level which is a profound message for our divided 21st Century existence.

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Superb book - very helpful in understanding the impact of neurotransmitters on behaviours.

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