Lifespan development and the brain the perspective of biocultural co-constructivism / edited by Paul B. Baltes, Patricia A. Reuter-Lorenz, Frank Rösler.

Other author Baltes, Paul B.
Other author Reuter-Lorenz, Patricia Ann, 1958-
Other author Rösler, Frank.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoCambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press,
Descriptionxiv, 427 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Contents Prologue: biocultural co-constructivism as a theoretical metascript / Paul B. Baltes, Frank Rösler, and Patricia A. Reuter-Lorenz -- Biocultural co-construction of lifespan development / Shu-Chen Li -- Neurobehavioral development in the context of biocultural co-constructivism / Charles A. Nelson -- Adult neurogenesis / Gerd Kempermann -- Sensory input-based adaptation and brain architecture / Maurice Ptito and Sébastien Desgent -- Blindness: a source and case neuronal plasticity / Brigitte Röder --
Contents Language acquisition: biological versus cultural implications for brain structure / Angela D. Friederici and Shirley-Ann Rüschemeyer -- Reading, writing, and arithmetic in the brain: from classical conditioning to cultural bias / Elizabeth A. Phelps -- The musical mind: neural tuning and the aesthetic experience / Oliver Vitouch -- Influences on the biological and self-initiated factors on brain and cognition in adulthood and aging / Lars Nyberg and Lars Bäckman -- The aging mind and brain: implications of enduring plasticity for behavioral and cultural change / Patricia A. Reuter-Lorenz and Joseph A. Mikels --
Contents Characteristics of illiterate and literate cognitive processing: implications of brain-behavior co-construction / Karl Magnus Petersson and Alexandra Reis -- The influence of work and occupation on brain development / Neil Charness -- The influence of organized violence and terror on brain and mind: a co-constructive perspective / Thomas Elbert ... [et al.] -- Co-constructing human engineering technologies in old age: lifespan psychology as a conceptual foundation / Ulman Lindenberger and Martin Lövdén -- Letters on nature and nurture / Onur Güntürkün.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
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LCCN 2006000773
ISBN0521844940 (hardback)
ISBN9780521844949

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