The Development of Social Engagement Neurobiological Perspectives

by Marshall, Peter J.; Fox, Nathan A.

• ISBN13: 9780195168716
• ISBN10: 0195168712
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-12-29
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The Development of Social Engagement, edited by Peter J. Marshall and Nathan A. Fox, brings together some of the latest research on social engagement processes across a range of life stages and species. The opening chapters provide overviews of cutting-edge research on social engagement inareas such as temperament, face processing, joint attention, language development, and early social cognition in humans. Subsequent chapters address questions related to biological determinants of social systems, play, and maternal behavior across a variety of species, as well as evolutionaryissues associated with social engagement. Finally, a number of chapters examine the application of rigorous biologically focused research paradigms to the study of atypical social engagement in children. Atypical social engagement is framed in terms of disorders such as autism and WilliamsSyndrome, as well as in the effects of adverse early rearing environments such as institutions. This volume will be a valuable guide for those interested in a neurobiological approach to the study of social development. It provides an introduction to current research directions in this rapidlyexpanding field for both student and professional researchers in developmental psychology, comparative psychology, and developmental psychopathology.

Author Biography

Peter J. Marshall is Assistant Professor of Psychology at Temple University. His research interests include temperament, attachment, and the utility of electrophysical measures of nervous system functioning in research on social, emotional, and cognitive development in infancy and early childhood.LNathan A. Fox is Professor of Human Development at the University of Maryland, College Park. His interests mainly concern the biological bases of individual differences in infant temperament and the role of early experience as it affects brain and behavior in the realm of social and emotional competencies.

Table of Contents

Contributors	ix
1. Biological Approaches to the Study of Social Engagement	3	(16)
Peter J. Marshall & Nathan A. Fox
2. Temperamental Exuberance: Correlates and Consequences	19	(27)
Cindy P. Polak-Toste & Megan R. Gunnar
3. Neural Bases of Infants' Processing of Social Information in Faces	46	(35)
Michelle de Haan & Margriet Groen
4. Joint Attention, Social Engagement, and the Development of Social Competence	81	(37)
Peter C. Mundy & C. Françoise Acra
5. The Social Dimension in Language Development: A Rich History and a New Frontier	118	(35)
Shannon M. Pruden, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, & Roberta Michnick Golinkoff
6. Neurocognitive Bases of Preschoolers' Theory-of-Mind Development: Integrating Cognitive Neuroscience and Cognitive Development	153	(18)
Mark A. Sabbagh
7. The Neurobiology of Social Bonds and Affiliation	171	(26)
Miranda M. Lim & Larry J. Young
8. The Neurobiology of Maternal Behavior in Mammals	197	(50)
Frédéric Lévy & Alison S. Fleming
9. Play and the Development of Social Engagement: A Comparative Perspective	247	(28)
Sergio M. Pellis & Vivien C. Pellis
10. Evolutionary Perspectives on Social Engagement	275	(29)
Heidi Keller & Athanasios Chasiotis
11. Understanding Impairments in Social Engagement in Autism	304	(27)
Raphael Bernier, Sara Jane Webb, & Geraldine Dawson
12. Social Engagement in Williams Syndrome	331	(24)
Helen Tager-Flusberg & Daniela Plesa-Skwerer
13. The Psychological Effects of Early Institutional Rearing	355	(38)
Michael Rutter
Name Index	393	(24)
Subject Index	417