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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816416703321

Titolo

Environmental effects on cognitive abilities / / edited by Robert J. Sternberg, Elena L. Grigorenko

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mahwah, N.J., : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2001

ISBN

1-135-67117-6

1-4106-1231-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (481 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SternbergRobert J

GrigorenkoElena L

Disciplina

155.91

Soggetti

Intellect

Nature and nurture

Environmental psychology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; PART I: GENERAL ISSUES; PART II: PUBLIC AND PERSONAL HEALTH ISSUES; PART III: WORK ENVIRONMENTS; PART IV: CONCLUSIONS; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

It sometimes seems that it is difficult to pick up a current newspaper or a magazine without it containing a story about some behavioral characteristic for which it has been found that a gene is responsible. Even aspects of behavior that one would feel certain are environmentally controlled are now being attributed in part to the effects of the genes. But genes never act alone: Their effects are always filtered through the environment.   The goal of this volume is to discuss how the environment influences the development and the maintenance of cognitive abilities. It is a successor to