Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships

Goleman, Daniel (2006). New York: Bantam/Dell.

Review by Laura Uplinger (www.wondersofthewomb.com)

This is a seminal book by the author of the similarly groundbreaking Emotional Intelligence. It reads as a riveting, in-depth report straight from the freshly revised—and enthroned—field of the neuroscience of human rapport. It is a celebration of empathy, straight from myriad laboratory experiments in which brain imagingreveals the neural pathways of how we experience the other, and confirms that our take on life and how we interact with each other does indeed shape our biology. And of particular relevance to us in APPPAH, Goleman makes many allusions to the relevance of very early parenting.