Prologue: Biocultural co-constructivism as a theoretical metascript

Lifespan Development and the Brain: The Perspective of Biocultural Co-Constructivism

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 3-39

  Baltes, Paul B ^a   Rösler, Frank ^b   Reuter Lorenz, Patricia A ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 40349115432     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511499722.003     Document Type: Chapter

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