Provides the hard science behind the relationship between brain activity and culture and the influence of "cultural" variables and test performance It discusses the current and future challenges for the globalization of neuropsychology It provides a detailed treatment of the variables influencing cross-cultural neuropsychological such as language, acculturation, education and the use of interpreters It gives information on the specific differences in brain functioning as the result of cultural influences

Provides the hard science behind the relationship between brain activity and culture and the influence of "cultural" variables and test performance It discusses the current and future challenges for the globalization of neuropsychology It provides a detailed treatment of the variables influencing cross-cultural neuropsychological such as language, acculturation, education and the use of interpreters It gives information on the specific differences in brain functioning as the result of cultural influences

South American ecosystems suffered one of the greatest biogeographical events, after the establishment of the Panamian land bridge, called the "Great American Biotic Interchange" (GABI). This refers to the exchange, in several phases, of land mammals between the Americas; this event started during the late Miocene with the appearance of the Holartic Procyonidae (Huayquerian Age) in South America and continues today. The major phases of mammalian dispersal occurred from the Latest Pliocene (Marplatan Age) to the Late Pleistocene (Lujanian Age). The most important and richest localities of Late Miocene-Holocene fossil vertebrates of South America are those of the Pampean region of Argentina. There are also several Late Miocene and Pliocene localities in western Argentina and Bolivia. Other important fossils have been collected in localities of Pleistocene age outside Argentina: Tarija (Bolivia), karstic caves of Lagoa Santa and the recently explored caves of Tocantins (Brasil), Talara (Peru), La Carolina (Ecuador), Muaco (Venezuela), and Cueva del Milodon (Chile), among others. The book discusses basic information for interpreting the GABI such as taxonomic composition (incorporating the latest revisions) at classical and new localities for each stage addressing climate, environments, and time boundaries for each stage. It includes the chronology and dynamics of the GABI, the integration of South American mammalian faunas through time, the Quaternary mammalian extinctions and the composition of recent mammalian fauna of the continent.

Un hondo patetismo se conjuga con una ironía a la vez amarga y piadosa en esta historia de una mujer madura que se enamora del joven profesor que frecuenta su casa. La lucha entre una férrea voluntad personal y la inflexibilidad del destino.

En la formacion de profesionales tecnicos, el proceso de ensenanza - aprendizaje esta condicionado por el desarrollo de la revolucion cientifico - tecnica, que demanda la formacion de futuros obreros calificados y tecnicos medios con un elevado nivel cultural y cientifico - tecnico, que les permita adaptarse rapidamente a los cambios tecnologicos y cientificos, actualizando permanentemente los conocimientos, habilidades, habitos y capacidades, asi como las actitudes ante la vida acordes a nuestra sociedad socialista. Hoy en dia este proceso se centra fundamentalmente en el desarrollo del componente cognitivo, es decir, en los conocimientos y habilidades y no se explotan en este las potencialidades educativas que brindan los contenidos ni la formacion y desarrollo de rasgos de la personalidad. Un aspecto de trascendental importancia es el analisis de los contenidos, pues el constante avance de la ciencia y la tecnica trae consigo nuevos elementos cognoscitivos, por tal motivo el proceso - docente educativo requiere nuevas metas a alcanzar, ademas del logro del desarrollo eficiente de las competencias profesionales para solucionar los problemas profesionales que enfrentara."