Mechanisms of Social Connection: From Brain to Group

Contents
Contributors
Preface
Introduction
Part I Brain
	Chapter 1 Comparative and Developmental Perspectives on Oxytocin and Vasopressin
	Chapter 2 Primary-Process Separation-Distress (PANIC/GRIEF) and Reward Eagerness (SEEKING) Processes in the Ancestral Genesis of Depressive Affect and Addictions
	Chapter 3 Romantic Love, Pair-Bonding, and the Dopaminergic Reward System
	Chapter 4
The Vicarious Brain
	Chapter 5 Our Social Baseline: The Role of Social Proximity in Economy of Action
	Chapter 6
Emotion, Morality, and the Developing Brain
Part II Infancy and Development
	Chapter 7 Child–Parent Attachment and Response to Threat: A Move From the Level of Representation
	Chapter 8
Synchrony and the Neurobiological Basis of Social Affiliation
	Chapter 9 Gaze Following: A Mechanism for Building Social Connections Between Infants and Adults
	Chapter 10 Beyond Words: Parental Embodied Mentalizing and the Parent–Infant Dance
	Chapter 11 Parental Insightfulness and Child–Parent Emotion Dialogues: Their Importance for Children’s Development
	Chapter 12
The Impact of Early Interpersonal Experience on Adult Romantic Relationship Functioning
Part III Adult Close Relationships
	Chapter 13
Risk Regulation in Close Relationships
	Chapter 14 Responsiveness: Affective Interdependence in Close Relationships
	Chapter 15
Attachment Bonds in Romantic Relationships
	Chapter 16 A Theoretical Perspective on the Importance of Social Connections for Thriving
	Chapter 17 Sexy Building Blocks: The Contribution of the Sexual System to Attachment Formation and Maintenance
Part IV Group
	Chapter 18 Evolution of the Social Brain: Psychological Adaptations for Group Living
	Chapter 19 Social Defense Theory: How a Mixture of Personality Traits in Group Contexts May Promote Our Survival
	Chapter 20 It’s All in the Mind: How Social Identification Processes Affect Neurobiological Responses
	Chapter 21
Oxytocinergic Circuitry Motivates Group Loyalty
Index
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