Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword by Paul Baltes
- Preface
- 1 Perspectives on plasticity
- 2 The life-span view of human development: philosophical, historical, and substantive bases
- 3 Gene marking, recombinant DNA technology, and gene transfer: toward true gene therapy
- 4 Neuroanatomical bases of human plasticity
- 5 Human neurochemistry and the role of neurotransmitters
- 6 Evolutionary biology and hominid evolution
- 7 Comparative-developmental psychological bases of plasticity
- 8 Individual and group interdependencies
- 9 Toward future multidisciplinary efforts
- 10 Conclusions: On the limits of plasticity and the plasticity of limits
- References
- Author index
- Subject index
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword by Paul Baltes
- Preface
- 1 Perspectives on plasticity
- 2 The life-span view of human development: philosophical, historical, and substantive bases
- 3 Gene marking, recombinant DNA technology, and gene transfer: toward true gene therapy
- 4 Neuroanatomical bases of human plasticity
- 5 Human neurochemistry and the role of neurotransmitters
- 6 Evolutionary biology and hominid evolution
- 7 Comparative-developmental psychological bases of plasticity
- 8 Individual and group interdependencies
- 9 Toward future multidisciplinary efforts
- 10 Conclusions: On the limits of plasticity and the plasticity of limits
- References
- Author index
- Subject index
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- On the Nature of Human Plasticity , pp. 202 - 208Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1984