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These regions showed greater absolute signal change in the Mixed-Languages trials relative to the
English-only trials. Networks for Chinese and English word-processing have shared components.
There are also components that may be language-specific.
4066 INVITED SYMPOSIUM
The developing and aging mind
Convener and Chair: U. Lindenberger, Germany
4066.1 The new infant mind: Neuro- and behavioral science in synergy, S. Pauen, University of
Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Only 20 years ago, developmental psychologists were convinced that infants lack basic tools of
thinking. Today’s evidence presents a radically different view. Research supports the idea that
preverbal children are capable of complex cognitive processes like reasoning about cause effect,
numbers, physical phenomena, or intentionality. Another recent promising approach to the infant
mind stems from developmental neuroscience. For instance, the nature and timing of biological
changes in neural pathways, myelinization, or the density of synapses in different parts of the
brain are investigated. Several examples for promising ways to relate both perspectives, the
behavioral and the neuroscience approach, will be elaborated.
4066.2 Social cognitive theory of lifespan development, K. Bussey, Macquarie University,
NSW, Australia
Human development is conceptualized within the framework of Bandura’s (1986) social cognitive
theory. The dynamic interplay between person, environment, and biology during development is
specified within a model of triadic reciprocal interaction. Within this analysis, change results from
maturational, self-directed and social factors that influence the course of human development. This
analysis addresses how conceptions and competencies are acquired, and how they change across
the life span. The sociocognitive processes that regulate conduct and how their relative influence
change developmentally are detailed. Examples from moral and gender development illustrate
change across the life course.
4066.3 Systemic lifespan changes in mind and brain: Complexity and coherence, U.
Lindenberger, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany
This paper presents a systemic view on lifespan changes in mind and brain. Lifespan changes in
key aspects of behavior, such as learning and memory, are conceptually linked to lifespan changes
in large-scale network properties of the brain, such as task-related coherence and dimensional
complexity. Analysis of EEG signals is advocated as a tool to assess such properties. It is expected:
(a) that task-related coherence and complexity increase from middle childhood to early adulthood;
(b) that coherence, but not necessarily complexity, decrease thereafter; (c) that the functional
circuitries supporting memory performance in children and older adults are fundamentally
different.
4066.4 Neuroimaging: Towards new insights into developmental cognition, D. Park, University
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