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Interlude XXXIX - Attunement: How Nervous Systems Learn One Another
In this interlude of The Observable Unknown, Dr. Juan Carlos Rey explores one of the most quietly consequential discoveries in modern neuroscience and developmental psychology: self-regulation is learned through relationship before it is ever owned.
Drawing on the work of Allan Schore, Ed Tronick, and Ruth Feldman, this episode examines how human nervous systems are shaped not in isolation, but through attunement, synchrony, and co-regulation. From the earliest moments of infancy, emotional stability, stress tolerance, and even identity formation emerge through nonverbal exchanges between…
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