Title:
The science inside the child : the story of what happens when we're growing up / Sara Meadows.
Author:
Meadows, Sara.
Publication Information:
London ; New York : Routledge, 2016.
Call Number:
BF721 .M4237 2016
ISBN:
9781138800663
9781138800670
Physical Description:
vi, 200 pages ; 24 cm.
Contents:
1. Introduction : not an advice book -- 2. Science's stories : different ways of knowing -- 3. Evolution : how evolution and children fit together -- 4. Genetics and epigenesis : why the "language of the genome" needs interpretation -- 5. Neuroscience : the wiring and workings of children's brains -- 6 . Psychoneuroendocrinology : hormones, feel good factors, and other contributors to coping with stress and challenge -- 7. Epidemiology : what affects development -- 8. Psychology : parenting behavior -- 9. How to make things better : some advice.
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