Culture and Neuroscience in Developmental Psychology: Contributions and Challenges

Child Development Perspectives

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-41

  Miller, Joan G ^a   Kinsbourne, Marcel ^a  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain plasticity; Cultural neuroscience; Cultural psychology; Determinism; Developmental neuroscience

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863070525     PISSN: 17508592     EISSN: 17508606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-8606.2011.00188.x     Document Type: Article

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