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The Neufeld Scientific Research Centre

Maturation Factor

The construct of stuckness as the most likely explanation for many learning and behaviour problems:

  • Dawson, G. and Fischer, K.W. (1994). Human Behavior and the Developing Brain. New York: The Guildford Press.

The differentiation between developmental approach and the behavioural or learning approach.

Behavioural approach: 

  • Watson, J. B. (1914). Behavior: An Introduction to Comparative Psychology. New York: Henry Holt.
  • Skinner, B. F. (1974). About Behaviorism. New York: Vintage Books.

Developmental approach:

  • Dawson, G. and Fischer, K.W. (1994). Human Behavior and the Developing Brain. New York: The Guildford Press.
  • LeDoux, J. (1996). The Emotional Brain: The Mysterious Underpinnings of Emotional Life, Touchstone, Rockefeller Centre, NY, NY
  • Damasio, A. (2005). Descartes’ Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain, revised Penguin edition.

Compensating for Stuckness – The ABCs of working AROUND stuckness

  • Kohn, A. (2005). Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason. New York: Atria Books.
  • Kohn, A. (2006). Beyond Discipline: From Compliance to Community. Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
  • Kohn, A. (2018). Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A’s, Praise, and Other Bribes. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
  • Wright, K. (1997). Babies, Bonds and Brains. Discover Magazine, October.


Cortex and Maturity

  • Urry, H.L/, et all (2004). Making a life worth living: Neural correlates of well-being. Psychol Sci.15:367–372.
  • van Reekum, C.M., et all (2007). Individual differences in amygdala and ventromedial prefrontal cortex activity are associated with evaluation speed and psychological well-being. J Cogn Neurosci;19:237–248.
  • Heller, A.S., et all (2013). Sustained striatal activity predicts eudaimonic well-being and cortisol output. Psychol Sci.[PMC free article].
  • Lewis, G.J., Kanai, R., Rees, G., Bates, T.C. (2013). Neural correlates of the “good life”: Eudaimonic well-being is associated with insular cortex volume. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci.