Environmental effects on cognitive abilities
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...
| Otros Autores: | , |
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Mahwah, N.J. :
L. Erlbaum Associates
2001.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798060106719 |
| Sumario: | 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 |
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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (481 p.) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9781135671174 9781410612311 |
