On the nature of human plasticity / Richard M. Lerner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lerner, Richard M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adaptability (Psychology).

Adaptation (Biology).

Adaptability (Psychology)--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

xiv, 208 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] : New York : Cambridge University Press, 1984.

Contents:

1 Perspectives on plasticity

2 The life-span view of human development: philosophical, historical and substantive bases

3 Gene making, 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.

Notes:

Includes indexes.

Bibliography: pages 175-196.

ISBN:

0521256518

OCLC:

10229314