Cultural guidance in the development of the human mind / edited by Aaro Toomela.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Culture as an Explanation of the Human Mind -- Pt. I. Human Development from the Perspective of Comparative Psychology -- 1. Would Humans Without Language Be Apes? / Jacques Vauclair -- 2. Continuities Between Great Ape and Human Behaviors / Kathleen R. Gibson -- 3. Assumptions and Knowledge Construction: What Can Science Learn from Primate Languages and Cultures? / Jaan Valsiner -- Pt. II. Culture in the Developing or Regressing Brain -- 4. Culture in Our Brains: Cross-Cultural Differences in the Brain-Behavior Relationships / Alfredo Ardila -- 5. Art and Brain Evolution / Tabassum Ahmed and Bruce L. Miller -- Pt. III. Cultural Perspective on Human Development -- 6. Origins of Cross-Cultural Similarities and Differences in Human Behavior: An Ecocultural Perspective / John W. Berry -- 7. Semiotics of Culture in Scientific and Carnivalistic Guises: Michail Bakhtin and Yuri Lotman / Ivana Markova -- Pt. IV. The Role of Culture in Child Development -- 8. Making Sense in a World of Symbols / Katherine Nelson -- 9. Development of Symbol Meaning and the Emergence of the Semiotically Mediated Mind / Aaro Toomela -- 10. Constructing Knowledge Beyond the Senses: Worlds Too Big and Too Small to See / Eve Kikas -- Afterword: Animals, Brain, Culture, and Children - The Emerging Picture from Complementary Perspectives / Aaro Toomela.