On Being Moved
From mirror neurons to empathy
Editor
In this collective volume the origins, neurosocial support, and therapeutic implications of (pre)verbal intersubjectivity are examined with a focus on implications of the discovery of mirror neurons. Entailing a paradigmatic revolution in the intersection of developmental, social and neural sciences, two radical turnabouts are entailed. First, no longer can be upheld as valid Cartesian and Leibnizian assumptions about monadic subjects with disembodied minds without windows to each other except as mediated by culture. Supported by a mirror system, specified in this volume by some of the discoverers, modes of participant perception have now been identified which entail embodied simulation and co-movements with others in felt immediacy. Second, no longer can be retained the Piagetian attribution of infant egocentricity. Pioneers who have broken new research grounds in the study of newborns, protoconversation, and early speech perception document in the present volume infant capacity for interpersonal communion, empathic identification, and learning by altercentric participation. Pertinent new findings and results are presented on these topics:
(i) Origins and multiple layers of intersubjectivity and empathy
(ii) Neurosocial support of (pre)verbal intersubjectivity, participant perception, and simulation of mind
(iii) From preverbal sharing and early speech perception to meaning acquisition and verbal intersubjectivity
(iv) New windows on other-centred movements and moments of meeting in therapy and intervention. (Series B)
[Advances in Consciousness Research, 68] 2007. x, 333 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 1 July 2008
Published online on 1 July 2008
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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Contributors | pp. ix–x
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Introduction | pp. 1–17
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PART I. Introducing the matrix and multiple layers of intersubjectivity and empathy
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Prologue: From infant intersubjectivity and participant movements to simulation and conversation in cultural common senseStein Bråten and Colwyn Trevarthen | pp. 21–34
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Applying developmental and neuroscience findings on other-centred participation to the process of change in psychotherapyDaniel N. Stern | pp. 35–47
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The ‘Russian Doll’ model of empathy and imitationFrans B.M. de Waal | pp. 49–69
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PART II. Mirror neurons and origins of neurosocial support of (pre)verbal intersubjectivity and altercentricity
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Mirror neurons and intersubjectivityPier Francesco Ferrari and Vittorio Gallese | pp. 73–88
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Human mirroring systems: On assessing mind by reading brain and body during social interactionRiitta Hari | pp. 89–99
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Cues on the origin of language: From electrophysiological data on mirror neurons and motor representationsLuciano Fadiga and Laila Craighero | pp. 101–110
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Altercentric infants and adults: On the origins and manifestations of participantperception of others’ acts and utterancesStein Bråten | pp. 111–135
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From speech to gene: The KE family and the FOXP2Faraneh Vargha-Khadem and Frédérique Liégeois | pp. 137–146
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PART III. From preverbal to verbal intersubjectivity in child development
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Intersubjectivity before language: Three windows on preverbal sharingAndrew N. Meltzoff and Rechele Brooks | pp. 149–174
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Early speech perception: Developing a culturally specific way of listening through social interactionBarbara T. Conboy and Patricia K. Kuhl | pp. 175–199
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On theories of dialogue, self and society: Redefining socialization and the acquisition of meaning in light of the intersubjective matrixIvar Frönes | pp. 201–217
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The intersubjectivity of imagination: The special case of imaginary companionsStathis Papastathopoulos and Giannis Kugiumutzakis | pp. 219–233
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PART IV. Applications and therapeutic implications
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When empathic care is obstructed: Excluding the child from the zone of intimacyKarsten Hundeide | pp. 237–256
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Family disseminate archives: Intergenerational transmission and psychotherapy in light of Bråten’s and Stern’s theoriesAndrea Cabassi | pp. 257–268
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Reaching moments of shared experiences through musical improvisation: An aesthetic view on interplay between a musician and severely disabled or congenital deafblind childrenBirgit Kirkebaek | pp. 269–279
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To sing and dance together: From infants to jazzBen Schögler and Colwyn Trevarthen | pp. 281–302
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On circular re-enactment of care and abuse, and on other-centred moments in psychotherapy: Closing commentsStein Bråten | pp. 303–314
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Author index | pp. 315–320
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Subject index | pp. 321–333
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Subjects
Consciousness Research
Psychology
Main BIC Subject
JMQ: Psychology: emotions
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PSY008000: PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition