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"Understanding the Brain: The Birth of a Learning Science", 2007, page 62
Social Interactions and the Brain
There are social influences on the brain which have a direct impact on its ability to function optimally for learning. The importance of positive social influences on physiology and behaviour has been established.
In the past two decades, infants have been increasingly recognised as seekers and providers of social interaction and communication. Even though much of early learning appears to be automatic, it requires a naturally rich and stimulating environment in which social interaction is very important (Blakemore, Winston and Frith, 2004).
A study of Romanian orphanages has shown that a lack of emotional nourishment can lead to attachment disorder (O’Connor, Bredenkamp and Rutter, 1999).
Another study of children reared in an extreme social environment in which they were deprived of any of the normal care found that such deprivation can produce relatively permanent changes in a child’s brain chemistry, impairing the production of hormones such as oxytocin that are integral to bonding and social interaction.
These findings support the view that there is a crucial role for early social experience in the development of the brain systems underlying key aspects of human social behaviour (Fries et al., 2005).
In the past two decades, infants have been increasingly recognised as seekers and providers of social interaction and communication. Even though much of early learning appears to be automatic, it requires a naturally rich and stimulating environment in which social interaction is very important (Blakemore, Winston and Frith, 2004).
A study of Romanian orphanages has shown that a lack of emotional nourishment can lead to attachment disorder (O’Connor, Bredenkamp and Rutter, 1999).
Another study of children reared in an extreme social environment in which they were deprived of any of the normal care found that such deprivation can produce relatively permanent changes in a child’s brain chemistry, impairing the production of hormones such as oxytocin that are integral to bonding and social interaction.
These findings support the view that there is a crucial role for early social experience in the development of the brain systems underlying key aspects of human social behaviour (Fries et al., 2005).
"Understanding the Brain: The Birth of a Learning Science", 2007, page 62
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