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Biocultural orchestration of developmental plasticity across levels: the interplay of biology and culture in shaping the mind and behavior across the life span

Li, Shu-Chen·2003·Psychological Bulletin

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The author reviews reemerging coconstructive conceptions of development and recent empirical findings of developmental plasticity at different levels spanning several fields of developmental and life sciences. A cross-level dynamic biocultural coconstructive framework is endorsed to understand cognitive and behavioral development across the life span. This framework integrates main conceptions of earlier views into a unifying frame, viewing the dynamics of life span development as occurring simultaneously within different time scales (i.e., moment-to-moment microgenesis, life span ontogeny, and human phylogeny) and encompassing multiple levels (i.e., neurobiological, cognitive, behavioral, and sociocultural). Viewed through this metatheoretical framework, new insights of potential interfaces for reciprocal cultural and experiential influences to be integrated with behavioral genetics and cognitive neuroscience research can be more easily prescribed.

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Authors
Li, S.-C.
Affiliations
Max Planck Society (DE)
Corresponding author
Li, Shu-Chen
Venue
Psychological Bulletin
Published
2003
Volume
129
Issue
2
Pages
171-194
ISSN
  • 0033-2909 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-1455
OpenAlex
W2043039730
Cited by
287
References
296
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 30 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 13 · 2016: 9 · 2015: 12 · 2014: 16 · 2013: 25 · 2012: 11
FWCI
3.31
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Psychological Bulletin (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (submittedVersion)
  • Max Planck Digital Library (submittedVersion)
  • MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Psychology of Development and Education
  • Social Sciences › Cultural Studies › Language and cultural evolution
Keywords
developmental plasticity, lifespan development, microgenesis, human phylogeny, cultural influences on development, behavioral genetics, cognitive neuroscience, mind and behavior
MeSH terms
Aging, Cultural Characteristics, Ethnicity, Biological Evolution, Humans, Personality Development, Phylogeny, Social Behavior, Social Environment

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