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Informationen zum Autor Maria D. Sera is a full professor in the Institute of Child Development at the University of Minnesota. Her research focuses on the relation between language and cognitive development. Klappentext The latest on child psychology and the role of cultural and developmental systemsNow in its 38th volume, Minnesota Symposia on Child Psychology: Culture and Developmental Systems contains the collected papers from the most prestigious symposia in the field of child development. Providing scholars, students, and practitioners with access to the work of leading researchers in human development, it outlines how the field has advanced dramatically in recent years--both empirically and conceptually.The updated collection outlines the latest information and research on child psychology, including the cultural neuroscience of the developing brain in childhood, the role of culture and language in the development of color categorization, socioemotional development across cultures, and much more.* Find out how much math is 'hard wired,' if at all* Explore the development of culture, language, and emotion* Discover cultural expressions and the neurobiological underpinnings in mother-infant interactions* Examine the cultural organization of young children's everyday learningWritten for generalists and specialists alike, Minnesota Symposia on Child Psychology offers the most up-to-date information on the central processes of human development and its implications for school success, as well as other areas. Zusammenfassung The latest on child psychology and the role of cultural and developmental systems Now in its 38th volume, Minnesota Symposia on Child Psychology: Culture and Developmental Systems contains the collected papers from the most prestigious symposia in the field of child development. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface xi Contributors xv 1 Cultural Neuroscience of the Developing Brain in Childhood 1 Joan Y. Chiao Introduction 1 Theories in Cultural Neuroscience of the Developing Brain 2 Methods in Cultural Neuroscience Research of the Developing Brain 4 Cultural Psychology 5 Developmental Human Neuroscience 8 Developmental Imaging Genetics 10 Population Genetics 12 Empirical Progress in Cultural Neuroscience of the Developing Brain in Childhood 13 Self and Other Knowledge 13 Emotion 16 Empathy 18 Theory of Mind 21 Cognition 23 Future Directions in Cultural Neuroscience of the Developing Brain in Childhood 27 Implications of Cultural Neuroscience of the Developing Brain 29 References 29 2 The Role of Culture and Language in the Development of Color Categorization 39 Anna Franklin Color Categories and Reasons to Investigate Them 39 Influence of Color Terms on Perception and Cognition 44 Contributions from Developmental Science 47 Color Term Acquisition and Emergence of Cross-Cultural Differences 48 Development of Infant Color Categories 55 Lateralized Category Effects in Infants and Toddlers 64 Unresolved Issues and New Developmental Questions 66 How Do Infant Color Categories Relate to the World's Color Lexicons? 67 How Is Color Categorized in the Absence of Language? 68 Is There Cross-Cultural Variation in Prelinguistic Color Categories? 70 Conclusions 71 References 73 3 How Much Mathematics Is "Hardwired," If Any at All: Biological Evolution, Development, and the Essential Role of Culture 83 Rafael Núñez Introduction 83 Nativism in Cognitive Development, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Animal Cognition 86 Quantity-Related "Hardwired" Capacities? Yes,...Are They Mathematical? No 88 Aren't Number-to-Space Mappings "Hardwired"? No 90 What CanWe Learn from the H...
