Infant Brain Development Formation of the Mind and the Emergence of Consciousness /

• Main Author: Lagercrantz, Hugo (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Subjects: Psychology.; Pediatrics.; Neurobiology.; Developmental psychology.; Developmental Psychology.

This book discusses the main milestones of early brain development and the emergence of consciousness, within and outside the mother’s environment, with a particular focus on the preterm infant. These insights offer new perspectives on issues concerning fetal pain, awareness in newborns, and the eff...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Origin of the Mind and Basic Construction of the Brain
• Chapter 2. Patterning of the Brain, Neural Proliferation and Migration
• Chapter 3. Nerve Growth and Nervous Communication
• Chapter 4. Fetal Moving and Sensing
• Chapter 5. The Stress of Being Born and the First Breaths
• Chapter 6. In Search of Consciousness
• Chapter 7. The Conscious Infant
• Chapter 8. Pain
• Chapter 9. Language and Music
• Chapter 10. Genes and Parenting
• Chapter 11. Preterm Birth
• Chapter 12. Care for Consciousness.