Issues in early mother-child interaction -- Adaptive relationships in early mother-child interaction -- The longitudinal course of early mother-child interaction: cross-case comparison in a sample of mother-child pairs -- Infant and caretaking environment: investigation and conceptualization of adaptive behavior in a system of increasing complexity -- Investigation of the infant and its caregiving environment as a biological system -- Investigation of interactive regulation in three infant caretaking systems -- The event-structure of regulation in the neonate-caregiver system as a biological background for early organization of psychic structure -- Paradox and resolution: from the beginning -- Recognition process: context and experience of being known -- Reflections on developmental process: wholeness, specificity, and the organization of conscious experiencing -- Awareness of inner experience: a systems perspective on self-regulatory process in early development -- Thinking differently: principles of process in living systems and the specificity of being known -- Development as creative process.