„In a concise, engaging style, this book contains the essentialprinciples of ecology from theoretical to their practicalapplications.“ (Environmental Engineering and ManagementJournal, July/August 2008)„The new edition also features new artwork and an enhanceddesign, making Essentials of Ecology as attractive as it isup-to-date and relevant.“ (Biotechnologie, Agronomie Societe etEnvironment)„The volume is an important collection of chapters at the cuttingedge of developmental social neuroscience. In addition to severalwell known figures, the international array of authors includessome rising stars whose work points to the future of the field. This exciting synthesis of social cognition and developmentalneuroscience will provide stimulating reading for a wide variety ofresearchers and students of typical and atypical humandevelopment.“-Professor Mark H Johnson, Director of the Centre forBrain & Cognitive Development, University of London„A landmark for a new era in social cognition research, Strianoand Reid have gathered together an outstanding collection ofcontributions to point the way to a truly interdisciplinary socialcognitive developmental neuroscience. Coherently organized andthoughtfully edited, this volume represents the latest in researchand theory on social cognition in the brain and on how it changesthrough typical and atypical development. The quality and range ofthe chapters will make the volume an invaluable reference forresearchers and students alike.“-Professor Chris Moore, Dalhousie University, Canada„The new discipline of social neuroscience has made remarkablestrides in the last decade. This book is an important and highlyreadable collection of essays in the field. It should help dissolvethe barrier between what C P Snow called “The two cultures„ -science and humanities - long separated by a gap he regarded asunbridgeable.“-VS Ramachandran MD„The last 10 years have witnessed an explosion in ourunderstanding of the neural and developmental factors that underliesocial interactions in humans. This impressive volume skilfullyweaves together the various threads that have driven thisrevolution forward to produce a work of significant importance.“Striano and Reid have managed to bring together most of theworld's top experts in social cognitive neurosciences through21 neatly written and interrelated chapters. It is refreshing tosee that the majority of authors are European-based, therebyproviding not just a European perspective on this vibrantdiscipline, but underscoring the centrality of European research inthis endeavour.„As a whole, this collection provides both an erudite andgripping glimpse into what makes us who we are as individualswithin a society. While there are several other works on thefoundations of social cognition, Section 4 of the current volume onsocial cognition in children with autism and other developmentaldisorders makes the work stand out as a unique contribution. Itshould be essential reading for students of human behaviour andpractitioners alike who wish to catch up with the latestdevelopments in our understanding of the social brain.“-Professor Denis Mareschal, Centre for Brain andCognitive Development, Birkbeck University of London"Taken individually, each of the chapters in Striano andReid's important new volume extends the horizon of what isknown regarding mechanisms of social cognition and its development. Taken as a whole, this volume compellingly showcases the power ofinterdisciplinary collaboration, and highlights the key role suchcollaboration will play in illuminating the human socialcapacity."-Dr Dare Baldwin, Department of Psychology, Universityof Oregon