Lifespan Development and the Brain人类发展与大脑

出版时间：2006-6  出版社：Cambridge Univ Pr  作者：Baltes, Paul B. (EDT)/ Reuter-lorenz, Patricia (EDT)/ Rosler, Frank (EDT)  页数：427  

内容概要

The 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. 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.

作者简介

Paul B. Baltes is noted for his theoretical and empirical work in developmental psychology and the interdisciplinary study of human aging. Aside from multiple honorary doctorates, and election to academies, he has received numerous awards including the International Psychology Award of the American Psychological Association, the Lifetime Achievement Award of the German Psychological Society, and the Aristotle Prize of the European Federation of Psychological Associations.

书籍目录

List of ContributorsPreface and AcknowledgmentsPART ONE. SETTING THE STAGE ACROSS THE AGES OF THE LIFESPAN  1. Prologue: Biocultural Co-Constructivism as a Theoretical Metascript  2. Biocultural Co-Construction of Lifespan Development Shu-Chen LiPART TWO. NEURONAL PLASTICITY AND BIOCULTURAL CO-CONSTRUCTION: MICROSTRUCTURE MEETS THE EXPERIENTIAL ENVIRONMENT  3. Neurobehavioral Development in the Context of Biocultural Co-Constmctivism  4. Adult NeurogenesisPART THREE. NEURONAL PLASTICITY AND BIOCULTURAL CO-CONSTRUCTION: ATYPICAL BRAIN ARCHITECTURES  5. Sensory Input-Based Adaptation and Brain Architecture  6. Blindness: A Source and Case of Neuronal PlasticityPART FOUR. BIOCULTURAL CO-CONSTRUCTION: SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS AND DOMAINS  7. Language Acquisition: Biological Versus Cultural hnplications for Brain Structure  8. Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic in the Brain: Neural Specialization for Acquired Functions  9. Emotion, Learning, and the Brain: From Classical Conditioning to Cultural Bias  10. The Musical Mind: Neural Tuning and the Aesthetic ExperiencePART FIVE. PLASTICITY AND BIOCULTURAL CO-CONSTRUCTION IN LATER LIFE  11. Influences of Biological and Self-Initiated Factors on Brain and Cognition in Adulthood and Aging  12. The Aging Mind and Brain: Implications of Enduring Plasticity for Behavioral and Cultural ChangePART SIX. BIOCULTURAL CO-CONSTRUCTION: FROM MICRO- TOMACROENVIRONMENTS IN LARGER CULTURAL CONTEXTS  13. Characteristics of Illiterate and Literate Cognitive Processing: Implications of Brain-Behavior Co-Constructivism  14. The Influence of Work and Occupation on Brain Development  15. The Influence of Organized Violence and Terror on Brain and Mind: A Co-Constructive Perspective  16. Co-Constructing Human Engineering Technologies in Old Age: Lifespan Psychology as a Conceptual FoundationPART SEVEN. EPILOGUE  17. Letters on Nature and NurtureAuthor IndexSubject Index