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Currently, there is renewed interest in process-oriented approaches to the study of mental phenomena. In this chapter we review one of the more established approaches of this type, that of microgenesis. Originating from assumptions on the structural development of thought by the early experimental psychologists of Würzburg and Leipzig, the fundamental principles of microgenesis have been progressively elaborated.
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Hanlon, R.E., Brown, J.W. (1989). Microgenesis. In: Ardila, A., Ostrosky-Solis, F. (eds) Brain Organization of Language and Cognitive Processes. Critical Issues in Neuropsychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0799-0_1
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