Brain in macro experiential context: biocultural co-construction of lifespan neurocognitive development

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 178, Issue C, 2009, Pages 17-29

  Li, Shu Chen ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

brain plasticity; cognitive aging; cognitive development; neuromodulation; situated brain

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGING; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROUP DYNAMICS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LIFESPAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIAL LEARNING;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; BRAIN; COGNITION; CULTURE; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 71149121515     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(09)17802-0     Document Type: Review

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