Award-winning neuroscience researcher Doctor Darcia Narvaez was born in Minneapolis and spent part of her childhood in Puerto Rico, Mexico, Colombia and Spain. She currently lives in South Bend, Indiana with her husband Daniel.
Her current research explores how early life experience influences societal culture, wellbeing and sociomoral character in children and adults. She integrates neurobiological, clinical, developmental and educational sciences in her theories and research about human nature and human development.
Show Notes
Discussed in this episode:
Book: Breastfeeding Older Children: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7176041-breastfeeding-older-children
Book: Mothers and Others by Sarah Hrdy: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6251387-mothers-and-others?from_search=true
Video by Jean Liedloff - Author of the Continuum Concept: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZlqbW2CrfU
How To Raise A Human - NPR: https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/05/11/603315432/the-best-mothers-day-gift-get-mom-out-of-the-box
Summerhill School in Britain: http://www.summerhillschool.co.uk/
Sudbury School, east coast: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Sudbury_schools
Montessori: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montessori_education
Waldorf: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldorf_education
Finnish school system: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Finland
Eyesight Study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3747316/
Wetiko Fever - Native American: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendigo
More Information + Contact Darcia:
Book: Indigenous Sustainable Wisdom: https://www.peterlang.com/abstract/title/69213?rskey=ZdBJPY&result=1
Book: Neurobiology and the Development of Human Morality: http://books.wwnorton.com/books/Neurobiology-and-the-Development-of-Human-Morality/
Evolved Nest Website: http://www.evolvednest.org/home.html
Evolved Nest Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/EvolvedNest/
Moral Landscapes Blog with Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/moral-landscapes
Darcia's University website: https://www3.nd.edu/~dnarvaez/
Darcia’s email address: dnarvaez@nd.edu
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