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

• Pubblicazione: Mahwah, N.J., : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2001
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (481 p.)
• Disciplina: 155.91
• Soggetto topico: Intellect; Nature and nurture; Environmental psychology
• Altri autori: SternbergRobert J GrigorenkoElena L
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Environmental effects on cognitive abilities
• ISBN: 1-135-67117-6; 1-4106-1231-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783701103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II