Lifespan development and the brain : the perspective of biocultural co-constructivism
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Lifespan development and the brain : the perspective of biocultural co-constructivism
Cambridge University Press, 2006
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Paperback ed: 23 cm
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The book focuses on the developmental analysis of the brain-culture-environment dynamic and argues that this dynamic is interactive and reciprocal. Brain and culture co-determine each other. As a whole, this book refutes any unidirectional conception of the brain-culture dynamic. Each is influenced by and modifies the other. To capture the ubiquitous reach and significance of the mutually dependent brain-culture system, the metaphor of biocultural co-constructivism is invoked. Distinguished researchers from cognitive neuroscience, cognitive psychology and developmental psychology review the evidence in their respective fields. A special focus of the book is its coverage of the entire human lifespan from infancy to old age.
Table of Contents
- Preface Paul B. Baltes, Patricia A. Reuter-Lorenz and Frank Roesler
- Part I. Setting the Stage across the Ages of the Lifespan: 1. Prologue: biocultural co-constructivism as a theoretical metascript Paul B. Baltes, Frank Roesler and Patricia A. Reuter-Lorenz
- 2. Biocultural co-construction of lifespan development Shu-Chen Li
- Part II. Neuronal Plasticity and Biocultural Co-Construction: Microstructure Meets the Experiential Environment: 3. Neurobehavioral development in the context of biocultural co-constructivism Charles A. Nelson
- 4. Adult neurogenesis Gerd Kempermann
- Part III. Neuronal Plasticity and Biocultural Co-Construction: Atypical Brain Architectures: 5. Sensory input-based adaptation and brain architecture Maurice Ptito and Sebastien Desgent
- 6. Blindness: a source and case of neuronal plasticity Brigitte Roeder
- Part IV. Biocultural Co-Construction: Specific Functions and Domains: 7. Language acquisition: biological versus cultural implications for brain structure Angela D. Friederici and Shirley-Ann Ruschemeyer
- 8. Reading, writing, and arithmetic in the brain: neural specialization for acquired functions Thad A. Polk and J. Paul Hamilton
- 9. Emotion, learning, and the brain: from classical conditioning to cultural bias Elizabeth A. Phelps
- 10. The musical mind: neural tuning and the aesthetic experience Oliver Vitouch
- Part V. Plasticity and Biocultural Co-Construction in Later Life: 11. Influences of biological and self-initiated factors on brain and cognition in adulthood and aging Lars Nyberg and Lars Backman
- 12. The aging mind and brain: implications of enduring plasticity for behavioral and cultural change Patricia A. Reuter-Lorenz and Joseph A. Mikels
- Part VI. Biocultural Co-Construction: From Micro- to Macroenvironments in Larger Cultural Contexts: 13. Characteristics of illiterate and literate cognitive processing: implications of brain-behavior co-constructivism Karl Magnus Petersson and Alexandra Reis
- 14. The influence of work and occupation on brain development Neil Charness
- 15. The influence of organized violence and terror on brain and mind: a co-constructive perspective Thomas Elbert, Brigitte Rockstroh, Iris-Tatjana Kolassa, Maggie Schauer and Frank Neuner
- 16. Co-constructing human engineering technologies in old age: lifespan psychology as a conceptual foundation Ulman Lindenberger and Martin Loevden
- Part VII. Epilogue: 17. Letters on nature and nurture Onur Gunturkun.
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