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

[Carol Macdonald <carolmacdon@gmail.com>]

It's okay Emily--Steve wrote and told me that it was a joke.  I am not in
the inner circle so I don't know these things.  I am also so busy I pick up
snippets, and so my knowledge is bits and picey.
Carol

On 17 September 2010 22:38, Duvall, Emily <emily@uidaho.edu> wrote:

> I'm sorry Carol (and Andy), I know Andy, and certainly agree with you.
> I was simply joking as he provides so much for us all. I did not mean
> any disrespect what so ever!
> ~em
>
>
> Emily Duvall, PhD
> Assistant Professor of Curriculum & Instruction
> Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
> University of Idaho, Coeur d'Alene
> 1031 North Academic Way, Suite 242 | Coeur d'Alene, ID 83814
> T 208 292 2512 | F 208 667 5275 emily@uidaho.edu | www.cda.uidaho.edu
>
> He only earns his freedom and his life, who takes them every day by
> storm.
> -- Johann Wolfgang Goethe
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [mailto:xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu]
> On Behalf Of Carol Macdonald
> Sent: Friday, September 17, 2010 1:16 PM
> To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity; Andy Blunden
> Subject: Re: [xmca] FW: ScienceDaily: Parts Of Brain Involved In
> SocialCognition May Be In Place By Age Six
>
> 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>
> <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/vygot
> sky-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
> > 1031 North Academic Way, Suite 242 | Coeur d'Alene, ID 83814
> > T 208 292 2512 | F 208 667 5275 emily@uidaho.edu | www.cda.uidaho.edu
> >
> > He only earns his freedom and his life, who takes them every day by
> > storm.
> > -- Johann Wolfgang Goethe
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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