Re: [xmca] FW: ScienceDaily: Parts Of Brain Involved In Social Cognition May Be In Place By Age Six

[Carol Macdonald <carolmacdon@gmail.com>]

Emily
Please do not refer to "that Andy Blunden guy" -- he is building some of the
best theory of Activity, and understands the origins of LSV thinking better
than most of us.

Write to him--he is always at his computer and he answers courteously even
to my dim questions.

*ablunden@mira.net>*

Carol


On 17 September 2010 19:23, Duvall, Emily <emily@uidaho.edu> wrote:

> Hi All,
> I'm forwarding this piece as I think it is pretty interesting not so
> much with regard to autism (although that is definitely interesting),
> but with regard to understanding the development of higher mental
> functions, specifically in terms of the age range being discussed below.
> This is also the crucial age for Vygotsky with the social, thinking
> about Thought and Language specifically.
> As Ratner states, in this regard,
> " By seven years of age, most natural determinants of behavior have died
> out and the basis of behavior is overwhelmingly cultural, and Vygotsky
> repeatedly stresses this qualitative transformation. There is no longer
> an interaction of biological and social determinants of behavior. At
> this point, the child's individuality is a function of her particular
> social experience, which has increased exponentially over the years
> (i.e., more in the later years, less in the early years). The manner in
> which others have reacted to her behavior and physical traits (such as
> beauty, gender, and skin color) replaces biological determinants of
> behavior." (Ratner,  Child Psychology: Vygotsky's Conception of
> Psychological Development, http://www.sonic.net/~cr2/vygdev.htm<http://www.sonic.net/%7Ecr2/vygdev.htm>)
>
> I see a link here, too, with the work by that Andy Blunden guy
> (supported by discussions with Cole and Kellogg)
> (http://www.marxists.org/archive/vygotsky/works/comment/vygotsky-on-deve
> lopment.pdf<http://www.marxists.org/archive/vygotsky/works/comment/vygotsky-on-deve%0Alopment.pdf>) who discuss development and the "Crisis at age 7" - this
> very nice discussion, I think, and really illuminates the research
> below. I highly recommend it to those interested metacognition.
>
> Parts Of Brain Involved In Social Cognition May Be In Place By Age Six
> http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090715074930.htm
>
>
> By scanning the brains of children ages 6 to 11 as they listened to
> children's stories, researchers have for the first time investigated
> brain regions associated with social cognition in human children.
> Researchers found that one of the brain regions, the right
> tempero-parietal junction, appeared to change its function between the
> ages of 6 and 11. This research has implications for the study of
> atypical social development, as happens in autism.
>
> ~em
>
>
> Emily Duvall, PhD
> Assistant Professor of Curriculum & Instruction
> Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
> University of Idaho, Coeur d'Alene
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