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(1994, NS 89) David Magnusson, Torgny Greitz, Tomas Hökfelt, L.G. Nilsson, Lars Terenius, Bengt Winberg June 19-22, Södergarn, Lidingö Proceedings: David Magnusson; The Life-Span Development of Individuals: Behavioral, Neurobiological and Psychosocial Perspectives. A Snynthesis (1996), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U K ISBN 0-521-47023-4 (hardback) |
| Table of Contents | |
| Contributors to this volume | xi |
| Foreword:
Towards a developmental science David Magnusson |
xv |
| Preface | xix |
| Design for a
life Patrick Bateson |
1 |
| Part I. Early development | 21 |
| Areal
specialization of the developing neocortex: differentiation,
developmental plasticity and genetic specification Dennis D. M. O'Leary |
23 |
| Genes and
environment John C. Loehlin |
38 |
| Causes and
outcome of prenatal brain injury Osmund Reynolds |
52 |
|
Commentary: A systems view of psychobiological development Gilbert Gottlieb |
76 |
| Part II. The changing brain | 105 |
|
Neurotransmitter receptors in the changing brain: allosteric
transitions, gene expression and pathology at the molecular
level Jean-Pierre Changeux |
107 |
| Learning,
memory and synaptic plasticity: cellular mechanisms, network
architecture and the recording of attended experience Richard G. M. Morris |
139 |
| Brain size,
behavior and the allocation of neural space Dale Purves, Leonard E. White, Dake Zheng, Timothy J. Andrews and David R. Riddle |
162 |
|
Commentary: Selection and development: the brain as a complex system Gerald M. Edelman and G. Tononi |
179 |
| Part III. Cognition and behavior | 205 |
| Cognitive
development Fran E. Weinert and Josef Perner |
207 |
| Cognitive and
neural development: clues from genetically based
syndromes Ursula Bellugi, Eduard S. Klima and Paul P. Wang |
223 |
| Language
acquisition at different ages Wolfgang Klein |
244 |
|
Commentary: Advances in cognitive neuroscience Antonio R. Damasio and Hanna Damasio |
265 |
| Part IV. Biology and socialization | 275 |
| Socialization
and sociogenesis Robert B. Cairns |
277 |
| Patterns of
juvenile behavior following early hormonal
interventions Robert W. Goy |
296 |
| Gonadal
hormones and the organization of brain structure and
function Roger A. Gorski |
315 |
|
Commentary: The brain and socialization: a two-way mediation across the life course Pierre Karli |
341 |
| Part V. Social competence | 357 |
| The
interpenetration of biology and culture Robert A. Hinde |
359 |
| Temperamental
contributions to the development of social behavior Jerome Kagan |
376 |
| Developmental
psychopathology as an organizing research construct Michael Rutter |
394 |
|
Commentary: Social competence and human conflict David Hamburg |
414 |
| Part VI. Aging | 425 |
| Psychological
aspects of aging: facts and frontiers Paul B. Baltes and Peter Graf |
427 |
| Genetics of
aging and Alzheimer's disease John Hardy |
461 |
| Aging and
molecular biology David G. Morgan and Marcia N. Gordon |
468 |
|
Commentary: Biological bases for plasticity during aging of individual life histories. Caleb E. Finch |
488 |
| Index | 513 |
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