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In Chapter 4 we asked the question, “What are the normal biological and maturational events of adulthood, and how would awareness of them help us achieve a more complete understanding of mental development?” After discussing the prevailing attitude that a detailed knowledge of biological processes would not contribute to an expanded dynamic theory of adulthood, we presented some research on the adult brain, primarily by Pribram (1971), which indicated that current ideas on the functioning of the brain might be very limited.
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Colarusso, C.A., Nemiroff, R.A. (1981). Myths about the Aging Body. In: Adult Development. Critical Issues in Psychiatry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3656-1_6
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