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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: The brain evolved in stages, and the social brain was the last to develop.
Chapter 3: A baby's brain development is shaped by the quality of social interaction they receive.
Chapter 4: Babies love to touch and gaze at their carers, and these senses make social contact joyful.
Chapter 5: The brain’s neural wiring is shaped by social patterns.
Chapter 6: The human stress response is helpful, but it can also harm the health of adults and babies.
Chapter 7: Babies rely on carers for survival, so their absence is intensely upsetting.
Chapter 8: Stressed parents tend to have stressed children.
Chapter 9: Social deprivation in babyhood is associated with later-life depression.
Description
Why Love Matters (2004) is a study of how our early years shape who we become later in life. But this isn’t about rehashing the old nature-versus-nurture debate. As we’ll see in these blinks, the weight of scientific evidence points to a much more fascinating conclusion: that we’re “co-produced” by genetics and social experience during babyhood. This means that many of the social and psychological problems that affect us as adults can be traced back to these formative years.
Who Should Listen
- Mental health professionals
- Parents with babies or toddlers
- Would-be mothers and fathers