Attachment, affect regulation, and the developing right brain: Linking developmental neuroscience to pediatrics

Editor's Note: This article is a departure from our usual review in that it discusses new frontiers in the correlation of brain, mind, and emotions in developing children as well as areas of collaboration between pediatrics and sister disciplines. Dr Schore has adapted a substantial amount of technical information to the viewpoint of the pediatrician. At the same time, many readers will encounter perspectives and language that seem unfamiliar. We urge clinicians to invest the effort needed for a careful reading to appreciate exciting new ways to look at development and emotional coping mechanisms. Readers desiring an expanded version with extensive referencing and a chart providing infant and maternal contexts of this information will find it in the online version. - LFN.