
| 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. |
| List of Contributors Preface and Acknowledgments PART 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 Li PART TWO. NEURONAL PLASTICITY AND BIOCULTURAL CO-CONSTRUCTION: MICROSTRUCTURE MEETS THE EXPERIENTIAL ENVIRONMENT 3. Neurobehavioral Development in the Context of Biocultural Co-Constmctivism 4. Adult Neurogenesis PART 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 Plasticity PART 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 Experience PART 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 Change PART SIX. 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 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 Foundation PART SEVEN. EPILOGUE 17. Letters on Nature and Nurture Author Index Subject Index |
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