One reason for the apparent gulf between animal and human communication systems is that
the focus has been on the presence or the absence of language as a complex expressive …

This book addresses the origins of attachment in mother–infant face-to-face communication
and its implications for adult treatment. Mother–infant communication provides the …

We analyzed the microstructure of child-adult interaction during naturalistic, daylong,
automatically labeled audio recordings (13,836 hr total) of children (8-to 48-month-olds) with …

Recent studies of dyadic interaction have examined phenomena of synchronization,
entrainment, alignment, and convergence. All these forms of behavioral matching have been …

Neurobiological research helps explain the experience of motherhood. This book, the
exciting collaboration of a developmental psychoanalyst at the forefront of functional …

The human sensorimotor system can be readily entrained to environmental rhythms, through
multiple sensory modalities. In this review, we provide an overview of theories of …

2015 Gradiva Award Winner The Embodied Analyst brings together the history of embodied
analysis found in the work of Freud and Reich and contemporary relational analysis …

Wilfred Bion's insights into the analytic process have had a profound influence on how
psychoanalysts and psychotherapists understand emotional change and pathological …

Spoken dialogue systems are increasingly being used to facilitate and enhance human
communication. While these interactive systems can process the linguistic aspects of human …

The past years have seen an increasing debate on cooperation and its unique human
character. Philosophers and psychologists have proposed that cooperative activities are …