Nourriture Pour La Pensée

Food for Thought

Recent studies have shown that

baby talk, or more accurately

Infant Directed Speech (IDS), may

provide a vital bridge in language

acquisition for infants. IDS,

characterized by its simple words

and exaggerated intonations, is

common to almost all cultures, but

the purposes of this seemingly

universal phenomenon have until

recently been unknown.

FMRI scans of mothers with

preverbal infants listening to

recorded IDS sounds have shown

increased activity in the language

centres of the brain; a reaction not

present in fathers, or childless

women when similarly stimulated.

Baby talk, it seems, may be

hardwired into the experience of

human motherhood as an

important stage of language

acquisition and growth in children.

Scientifically sound information is

helpful in our interventions with our

clients. Making brief mention of

the value of baby talks in therapy

with a mother struggling with post

natal depression provides not only

information but releases tiny bits of

endorphins and dopamine which

assist with motivation, which

eventually assists in changing

behaviours.

Science Daily, “Imaging Study Sheds Light

on Neural Origins of Baby Talk”, August

2010.

Science Daily, “Baby

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Welcome to the first edition of the

Neuropsychotherapy Interest group Newsletter!

This group is a direct result of the workshop

“The Brain and Anxiety. Utilizing

Neurobiological Information as

Psychotherapeutic Tool” that we ran in 2010 in

Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane,

Canberra and Sydney. Many of our registrants

indicated to us that they would be interested in

learning more about neuropsychotherapy and

receiving

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