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Book SynopsisThis book is an interdisciplinary exploration of how social connections are expressed at the neurological, developmental, dyadic, and group levels.
Trade Review“The diversity of perspectives presented in the current volume makes it a must for scholars interested in the physiological and psychological mechanisms of social bonds.” –
CHOICEThis edited volume takes what might appear to be disparate topics and creates a narrative of the human social experience that is highly informative and coherent…Each of the chapters is skillfully edited so that there is relatively little repetition of information across chapters. The result is one of the very few edited books I have encountered in which the chapters flow seamlessly, as if written by one very good author.
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The diversity of perspectives presented in the current volume makes it a must for scholars interested in the physiological and psychological mechanisms of social bonds.
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Table of Contents Contributors
Preface
Introduction
Mario Mikulincer and Phillip R. Shaver
Part I. Brain
Chapter 1: Comparative and Developmental Perspectives on Oxytocin and Vasopressin
Karen L. Bales
Chapter 2: Primary-Process Separation-Distress (PANIC/GRIEF) and Reward Eagerness (SEEKING) Processes in the Ancestral Genesis of Depressive Affect and Addictions
Jaak Panksepp, Mark Solms, Thomas E. Schläpfer, and Volker A. Coenen
Chapter 3: Romantic Love, Pair-Bonding, and the Dopaminergic Reward System
Bianca P. Acevedo and Arthur P. Aron
Chapter 4: The Vicarious Brain
Christian Keysers and Valeria Gazzola
Chapter 5: Our Social Baseline: The Role of Social Proximity in Economy of Action
James A. Coan, Casey L. Brown, and Lane Beckes
Chapter 6:Emotion, Morality, and the Developing Brain
Jean Decety and Lauren H. Howard
Part II. Infancy and Development
Chapter 7: Child–Parent Attachment and Response to Threat: A Move From the Level of Representation
Jude Cassidy, Katherine B. Ehrlich, and Laura J. Sherman
Chapter 8: Synchrony and the Neurobiological Basis of Social Affiliation
Ruth Feldman
Chapter 9: Gaze Following: A Mechanism for Building Social Connections Between Infants and Adults
Rechele Brooks and Andrew N. Meltzoff
Chapter 10: Beyond Words: Parental Embodied Mentalizing and the Parent–Infant Dance
Dana Shai and Peter Fonagy
Chapter 11: Parental Insightfulness and Child–Parent Emotion Dialogues: Their Importance for Children's Development
David Oppenheim and Nina Koren-Karie
Chapter 12: The Impact of Early Interpersonal Experience on Adult Romantic Relationship Functioning
Jeffry A. Simpson, W. Andrew Collins, Jessica E. Salvatore, and Sooyeon Sung
Part III. Adult Close Relationships
Chapter 13: Risk Regulation in Close Relationships
Justin V. Cavallo, Sandra L. Murray, and John G. Holmes
Chapter 14: Responsiveness: Affective Interdependence in Close Relationships
Harry T. Reis
Chapter 15: Attachment Bonds in Romantic Relationships
Phillip R. Shaver and Mario Mikulincer
Chapter 16: A Theoretical Perspective on the Importance of Social Connections for Thriving
Brooke C. Feeney and Nancy L. Collins
Chapter 17: Sexy Building Blocks: The Contribution of the Sexual System to Attachment Formation and Maintenance
Gurit E. Birnbaum
Part IV. Group
Chapter 18: Evolution of the Social Brain: Psychological Adaptations for Group Living
Mark van Vugt and Tatsuya Kameda
Chapter 19: Social Defense Theory: How a Mixture of Personality Traits in Group Contexts May Promote Our Survival
Tsachi Ein-Dor
Chapter 20: It's All in the Mind: How Social Identification Processes Affect Neurobiological Responses
Naomi Ellemers, Félice van Nunspeet, and Daan Scheepers
Chapter 21: Oxytocinergic Circuitry Motivates Group Loyalty
Carsten K. W. De Dreu
Index
About the Editors
