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Narratives of aging

Jerome S. Bruner
- 01 Mar 1999 - 
- Vol. 13, Iss: 1, pp 7-9
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Rilke's The Notebook of Laurids Brigge as mentioned in this paper was the book that gave me my first inkling of the ''biological texture of aging. '' But it is not a fiction, life, nor is it, for that matter, the real thing.
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This article is published in Journal of Aging Studies.The article was published on 1999-03-01. It has received 71 citations till now.

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Whatever happened to "What might have been"? Regrets, happiness, and maturity.

TL;DR: The role that regrettable experiences have in promoting both happiness and complexity is described and potential affordances of happy maturity are examined and psychological capacities that may promotehappy maturity are suggested.
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Time, story, and wisdom: emerging themes in narrative gerontology.

TL;DR: The article considers the stages, styles, genres, contexts, and selves of self-storying under spiritual aspects of aging, and the topics of meaning and identity are explored.
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Narrative as an outcome domain in psychosis.

TL;DR: Valid and reliable measures of narrative change in psychosis are possible and can coexist with and complement traditional outcome measures and considerations of narrative changes may offer unique insights into the process of recovery from psychosis.
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Windows, Bridges and Mirrors: Building Culturally Responsive Early Childhood Classrooms through the Integration of Literacy and the Arts

TL;DR: This paper investigated how instructors can utilize the integration of early literacy skills and the arts to cultivate the appreciation and celebration of cultures in early childhood classrooms, and suggested activities support the transference of theory into classroom practice.

Whatever Happened to "What Might Have Been"?

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the role that regretful experiences have in promoting both happiness and complexity, and examine potential affordances of happy maturity and suggest psychological capacities that may promote happy maturity.
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Acts of meaning

TL;DR: Jerome Bruner argues that the cognitive revolution has led psychology away from the deeper objective of understanding mind as a creator of meanings, and only by breaking out of the limitations imposed by a computational model of mind can be grasped.
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A Grammar of Motives.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss ways of placing objects in a way that they can be placed according to the philosophy of the Philosophic Schools and the Dialectic of CONSTITUTIONS.
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The identities of persons

TL;DR: Rorty as mentioned in this paper discusses the importance of being different from others and the need to be different from them in order to be recognized as a person and to be considered a person.
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Identities of Persons