Author | : Paul B. Baltes |
File Size | : 44,5 Mb |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Language | : English |
Release Date | : 19 June 2006 |
ISBN | : 9781139456753 |
Pages | : null pages |
Lifespan Development and the Brain by Paul B. Baltes Book PDF Summary
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.