Overview
- Analyses the historical origins of cognitive activities
- Explains how major cultural variables affect neuropsychological test performance
- Provides suggestions on how adopting a cultural-historical approach in neuropsychology can help to better understand human cognition
Part of the book series: Perspectives in Cultural-Historical Research (PCHR, volume 3)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
Keywords
- Behavioral neurosciences
- cultural-historical approach in neuropsychology
- cross-cultural neuropsychology
- historical cognitive activity
- spatial cognitiion and abilities
- language and higher cognitive processes
- acalculia and finger agnosia
- agraphia
- metacognitive excutive functions
- neuropsychological test performance
- Vygotsky
- cultural historical research
About this book
This book addresses a central question: how did cognition emerge in human history? It approaches the question from a cultural-historical, neuropsychological perspective and analyses evidence on the historical origins of cognitive activity; integrates information regarding cross-cultural differences in neuropsychological performance; and discusses how adopting a historical and cultural perspective in the behavioural neurosciences can help to arrive at a better understanding of cognition. Lastly, it proposes general guidelines for future research in the area.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Historical Development of Human Cognition
Book Subtitle: A Cultural-Historical Neuropsychological Perspective
Authors: Alfredo Ardila
Series Title: Perspectives in Cultural-Historical Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6887-4
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-6886-7Published: 29 November 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-4966-9Published: 09 February 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-6887-4Published: 20 November 2017
Series ISSN: 2520-1530
Series E-ISSN: 2520-1549
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 174
Number of Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: Educational Psychology, Neuropsychology, Cross Cultural Psychology, Cognitive Psychology