The Right Brain and the Origin of Human Nature

Allan Schore has done it again! In yet another masterpiece, he’s brought his love of the right brain and impeccable scholarship into what is inarguably his most comprehensive volume to date. The Right Brain and the Origin of Human Nature uses the totality of Schore’s research to present the highs and lows of being human within mind-body-brain development, relationships, psychotherapy, and culture at large. This book is destined to be a classic.–Terry Marks-Tarlow, PhD, author of Clinical Intuition in Psychotherapy, Awakening Clinical Intuition and Mythic Imagination TodayThe Right Brain and the Origin of Human Nature is the culmination of Allan Schore’s pioneering three-decade exploration of the unconscious mind and brain asymmetry. Blending neuroscience, attachment theory, and psychotherapy, Schore invites both clinicians and curious readers into a compelling inquiry of how the right brain shapes our emotional lives, relationships, and sense of self. His integrative approach highlights the vital interplay of cortical and subcortical systems, conscious and unconscious processes, and left-right brain dynamics that underlie our human experience.–Stephen W. Porges, PhD, creator of Polyvagal TheoryThere is only one person alive who deeply understands the linkages between modern neuroscience, the unconscious mind, and clinical psychology with the academic and practical depth required to effectively teach them to the world. That person is Dr. Allan Schore. The Right Brain and the Origin of Human Nature brings forward that understanding so we can all think, feel, and act with more clarity and compassion about who we are and how we can evolve–as individuals, in relationships, and as a species.–Andrew D. Huberman, PhD, Stanford University School of Medicine

Allan Schore, PhD, is on the clinical faculty of the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, and at the UCLA Center for Culture, Brain, and Development. He is the recipient of the American Psychological Association Division 56: Trauma Psychology “Award for Outstanding Contributions to Practice in Trauma Psychology” and APA’s Division 39: Psychoanalysis “Scientific Award in Recognition of Outstanding Contributions to Research, Theory and Practice of Neuroscience and Psychoanalysis.” He is also an honorary member of the American Psychoanalytic Association. He is author of nine seminal volumes, including Affect Regulation and the Origin of the Self, Affect Dysregulation and Disorders of the Self, and Affect Regulation and the Repair of the Self, as well as numerous articles and chapters. His Regulation Theory, grounded in developmental neuroscience and developmental psychoanalysis, focuses on the origin, psychopathogenesis, and psychotherapeutic treatment of the early forming subjective implicit self. His contributions appear in multiple disciplines, including developmental neuroscience, psychiatry, psychoanalysis, developmental psychology, attachment theory, trauma studies, behavioral biology, clinical psychology, and clinical social work. His groundbreaking integration of neuroscience with attachment theory has led to his description as “the American Bowlby” and with psychoanalysis as “the world’s leading expert in neuropsychoanalysis.” His books have been translated into several languages, including Italian, French, German, and Turkish.