Contributors; 1. Biological Approaches to the Study of Social Engagement; 2. Temperamental Exuberance: Correlates and Consequences; 3. Neural Bases of Infants' Processing of Social Information in Faces; 4. Joint Attention, Social Engagement, and the Development of Social Competence; 5. The Social Dimension in Language Development: A Rich History and a New Frontier; 6. Neurocognitive Bases of Preschoolers' Theory-of-Mind Development: Integrating Cognitive Neuroscience and Cognitive Development; 7. The Neurobiology of Social Bonds and Affiliation
Summary
Bringing together some of the leading thinkers on the development of positive affect, this book aims to create a different focus for affective neuroscience. The contributors present their research on the development of positive affect in child, nonhuman, and clinical population
