According to the cultural-historical view of human cognition, higher cognitive processes are socially derived and are complex and hierarchical in structure. This theory assumes that these processes develop in the child’s activity within a specific cultural-historical context and conditions…
…The cultural-historical approach to contemporary neuropsychology suggests a reanalysis and reinterpretation of classic neuropsychological syndromes. It also helps to develop newer assessment methods that are adapted to the patient’s life circumstances. It reconsiders the concept of the social brain as a social and cultural determinant and regulator of brain function…
…complex forms of cognition are mediated and therefore require the intervention of external elements such as objects and symbols. Consequently, higher psychological processes are all based on a complex system of mediators, both externalized and internalized.
