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NEWS
FROM CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE
CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE TO CO-HOST REVOLUTIONARY SYMPOSIUM
ON NEW SCIENCE OF SOCIAL RELATEDNESS
- This FREE Event explores science of human-to-human identification,
understanding (mental and emotional), and bonding -
Cambridge, Chelsea, Everett, Medford, Revere, Somerville, Winthrop,
MA…. Can science tell us how babies learn to identify with their
parents, and thus ultimately understand how we learn? Will exploration
yield a road map of the brain's ability to empathize with others?
Can we distill the essence of human bonding?
These questions lie at the heart of the Cambridge Health Alliance's
(CHA) Department of Psychiatry and The Tavistock Clinic's ground-breaking
academic symposium, Shared Subjectivities in Brain, Mind and Psychopathology,
which will take place in Cambridge at Harvard University's Science
Center Auditorium on Saturday, October 14, 2006.
The symposium will focus on the new science of social relatedness,
which is forming at the intersection of four seeming unrelated academic
fields - social neuroscience, developmental science, evolutionary
theory, and the study of psychopathology.
A noted scientist from each field will explore ideas that are emerging
at the crossroads of these diverse disciplines.
Sarah Hrdy, Ph.D., a Professor Emerita of anthropology at
University of California at Davis, has uncovered that a line of
apes is able to read the mental states of others just as humans
do.
Jean Decety, Ph.D., Professor, Social Cognitive Neuroscience,
University of Chicago, will discuss focus on the neuroscience behind
empathy. Decety, who is mapping out neuron systems in the brain
that allow people to identify with one another, has found that humans
have "mirror neurons" that react when a person acts a
certain way.
Karlen Lyons-Ruth, Ph.D., Director, Center for Bio-behavioral
Family Studies, Cambridge Health Alliance; Associate Professor,
Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical school researches the
child development before and after a child forms a bond with his/her
parents. Her work has yielded specific discoveries related to the
effect of maternal depression on children.
Peter Hobson, M.D., Ph.D., a Tavistock Professor of Developmental
Psychopathology at University College in London takes a less biological
approach to how people come to shared awareness. His work focuses
in how a personality disorder in the mother affects the innate connection
with her child. Hobson studies how infants with caregivers suffering
from personality disorder or psychopathologies develop a lessened
ability to communicate.
CAMBRIDGE
HEALTH ALLIANCE
Cambridge Health Alliance is an innovative, award-winning health
system that provides high quality care in Cambridge, Somerville,
Everett, Revere, and Boston’s Metro-North communities. It includes
three hospitals, more than 20 primary care practices, the Cambridge
Public Health Department, and the Network Health plan. With this
unique model, the Alliance is able to offer the finest health services,
a diverse working environment, and a premier training experience
in community-based medicine.
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Phone: 617-499-8323
Cell: 781-424-3293
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aharris@challiance.org
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