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Archive for attachment theory – Page 11

Posted by Rick Leonhardt on
 February 9, 2012 

UPDATE: The Tao of Brain Plasticity

There’s not a month that goes by that I do not receive a brochure on yet another workshop on how all manner of mental health therapy has the potential to change the brain, “rewire brain circuitry” is the metaphor most often used. These brochures conjure up images of psychotherapists wearing tool belts and sporting butt […]

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Posted by Rick Leonhardt on
 January 31, 2012 

Notes on Nicholas Carr’s book “The Shallows”

As I read through Nicholas Carr’s book The Shallows—What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains, I took a few notes centered on where the information Carr presents dovetails with the information John Bowlby presents in his trilogy on attachment theory. Here are my notes. The page numbers refer to pages in The Shallows.

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Posted by Rick Leonhardt on
 December 6, 2011 

Summarizing Neurologist Elkhonon Goldberg’s Book Entitled “The New Executive Brain: Frontal Lobes in a Complex World” (Part I)

In my post of November 21st, 2011, I mentioned that I would be summarizing a fascinating book by the neurologist Elkhonon Goldberg entitled The New Executive Brain: Frontal Lobes in a Complex World. Well, this post contains my promised summary. This summary will take the form of a series of bullet points contained within multiple […]

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Posted by Rick Leonhardt on
 November 28, 2011 

Grant News: “Together in Nature: Pathways to a Stronger, Closer Family” Tool Kit Now Available

In fiscal year 2010–2011 (which ends on July 31st each year) the FHL Foundation made a $25,000 grant to the local chapter of Children & Nature Network (C&NN). The purpose of the grant was to develop training tool kits. We are happy to announce that the first of these tool kits is now available. Used […]

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Posted by Rick Leonhardt on
 November 2, 2011 

Does Chronic Internet Use Mimic Insecure Attachment? Bowlby’s Theory Gives Us a Possible Answer (Part III)

In this final installment I’d like to continue blogging about Nicholas Carr’s book The Shallows—What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains. In my post from October 21st, 2011, I finished up by saying that I would look at what Carr calls “deep relationships.” Throughout his book Carr suggests that deep relationships are the royal […]

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