Cultural Guidance in the Development of the Human Mind

AARO TOOMELA is Visiting Professor in the Department of Special Education at the University of Tartu in Estonia.

• Introduction: Culture as an Explanation of the Human Mind Human Development from the Perspective of Comparative Psychology Would Humans Without Language Be Apes? Jacques Vauclair Continuities Between Great Ape and Human Behaviors by Kathleen R. Gibson Assumptions and Knowledge Construction: What Can Science Learn from Primate Languages and Cultures? by Jaan Valsiner Culture in the Developing or Regressing Brain Culture in Our Brains: Cross-Cultural Differences in the Brain-Behavior Relationships by Alfredo Ardila Art and Brain Evolution by Tabassum Ahmed and Bruce L. Miller Cultural Perspective on the Human Development Origins of Cross-Cultural Similarities and Differences in Human Behaviour: An Ecocultural Perspective by John Berry Semiotics of Culture in Scientific and Carnivalistic Guises: Michail Bakhtin and Yuri Lotman by Ivana Markova The Role of Culture in Child Development Making Sense in a World of Symbols by Katherine Nelson Development of Symbol Meaning and the Emergence of the Semiotically Mediated Mind by Aaro Toomela Constructing Knowledge Beyond Senses: Worlds Too Big and Small to See by Eve Kikas Afterwords: Animals, Brain, Culture, and Children--Emerging Picture from Complementary Perspectives by Aaro Toomela Bibliography Index