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Copyright © 2007 ZERO TO THREE www.zerotothree.org Ed Tronick (http director of UMass Boston's new Infant-Parent Mental Health Program (www.umb.edu and Distinguished Professor of Psychology, discusses the cognitive abilities of infants to read and react to their social surroundings. The video is an excerpt from Lovett Productions' HELPING BABIES FROM THE BENCH: USING THE SCIENCE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD IN COURT. Using the "Still Face" Experiment, in which a mother denies her baby attention for a short period of time, Tronick describes how prolonged lack of attention can move an infant from good socialization, to periods of bad but repairable socialization. In "ugly" situations the child does not receive any chance to return to the good, and may become stuck. For more information about Infant-Parent Mental Health, visit www.umb.edu To hear about Ed Tronick's latest work, visit www.youtube.com To support the Infant-Parent Mental Health program, visit www.umb.edu and note the program in the "other" field