Lifespan Development and the Brain

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Lifespan Development and the Brain is written by Paul B. Baltes and published by Cambridge University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 113945675X (ISBN 10) and 9781139456753 (ISBN 13).

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.