Atina A. Developing Brain

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This highly influential updated explanation in a studied and expanded information, integrating major advances in the field of development-gives anyone (parents, educators, students) a current understanding of what brain development is, how the mind grows, and how to promote healthy development and resilience. Atina A. synthesizes cutting-edge information from numerous disciplines, revealing the ways in which neural processes are fundamentally formed by interpersonal relationships combined with the continuous informational process throughout life. The role of "how to communicate" in any relationship builds deeper connections to society, to other people, and to one's own health and internal experience, which remains a powerful resource of development. This fully updated Developing Brain book covers the following:From developmental psychology and child development to neuroscienceFrom interpersonal neurobiology to experience and the development of identityFrom behavioral and mental concerns to cognitive development to theory of mindFrom the definition of brain, mind, to the science of consciousness, and moreAnd the stories of our lives Atina A. shows how these explanations can illuminate fundamental debates in philosophy of mind concerning the mind's architecture, brain development, the explanatory power of education-information representation, and the social character of knowledge.