Peter Hobson is professor of developmental psychopathology at London’s Tavistock Clinic and University College, researching mainly into child development. Unusually for a field that prefers people to wear one hat, he is also a psychiatrist and works as a psychotherapist for adults. He caused a bit of a stir when his team noted the clinical similarities between sighted autistic children and congenitally blind children. Vision, they argued, could be key to social and cognitive development.
What is it about those emotional connections in the early months that sets the stage for thinking?
Infancy is terribly important to all of us…
