Lifespan Development and the Brain: The Perspective of Biocultural Co-Constructivism

Type

Book

Authors

Paul B Baltes

Patricia Ann Reuter-Lorenz

Frank Rosler ( Frank Rösler )

ISBN 10

0521844940

ISBN 13

9780521844949

Tags

Mental Health, Adolescent Psychology, Child Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Neuropsychology, Aging, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive

Description

This book focuses on the developmental analysis of brain-culture-environment dynamics 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, as each is influenced by and modifies the other. To capture the ubiquitous reach and significance of the mutually dependent and co-productive 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 Amzon

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