Book cover: Why Love Matters: How affection shapes a baby's brain

Why Love Matters: How affection shapes a baby’s brain

Why Love Matters explains why loving relationships are essential to brain development in the early years, and how these early interactions can have lasting consequences for future emotional and physical health.

Posted: January 9 2025
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Why love matters: how affection shapes a baby’s brain

Sue Gerhardt

Why Love Matters explains why loving relationships are essential to brain development in the early years, and how these early interactions can have lasting consequences for future emotional and physical health.

Dr.Sue Gerhardt is a practicing psychotherapist living and working in Oxford, England.

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