The concept of Abbreviation, proposed by the researcher and professor Maria C.D.P Lyra in the late 1980s, was extensively explored in the two subsequent decades, emerging as an important theory that underpins the early stages of mother-infant communication. As a theory, it takes into consideration significant aspects of human development, including processes of meaning-making, language constitution, and dialogism. Abbreviation Theory thus becomes the central contribution in the field of Cognitive Psychology by Maria C.D.P Lyra, serving as a focal point in her studies on the mother-infant communication process and being further explored by several of her students in the 1990s and 2000s at the LABCCOM (Laboratory for Development Studies in Culture: Communication and Social Practices).

This book aims to explore the work of Professor Maria C.D.P Lyra as an internationally recognized Brazilian researcher, her life story, passion for knowledge construction, constituting a powerful representation of the science conducted in South America by women in their relatively unknown but intellectually robust laboratory work. The book also focuses on Abbreviation as the genesis of communication, intersubjectivity, and the self at various stages of Professor Maria Lyra's reflection, as well as the intersections of this theory with other fields in psychology beyond development.

Explains the crucial role of Abbreviation Theory in understanding the mother-infant communication process Offers insights for consideration and exploration for researchers in the field of semiotics and meaning construction Centers the trajectory and life history of an important and inspiring researcher in the field of cognitive psychology

Autorentext

Marina Assis Pinheiro is a full-time Professor of Psychology at the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE). She holds a master’s degree in Clinical Psychology (Catholic University-UNICAP) and a doctoral degree in Cognitive Psychology (UFPE), which included an academic sabbatical at Brunel University. More recently, she completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of São Paulo’s Institute of Psychology (IPUSP) in the Experimental Psychology Graduate Program. She is the lead researcher at the Laboratory of Studies on Dialogism, Aesthetic Experience, and Creativity (DEC). Her research focuses on creativity and aesthetic experience, the intersections between art and psychology, language and subjectivity, and the relationship between culture and singularity.João R. R. Tenório da Silva

João R R Tenório da Silva is a professor at the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (UFRPE) in Recife, Brazil. He works in the field of Science Education, with a background in Chemistry and a PhD in Cognitive Psychology. His research explores learning processes and meaning-making, particularly from a Cultural Psychology perspective. He develops projects that connect education, the arts, and the semiotics, focusing on scientific concepts and teacher education.

Inhalt

Chapter 1. Dialogues between Science and Life: Interfaces between Personal Journey and Theoretical Abstraction in the EEA Model .- Chapter 2. Maria Lyra's Theory of Abbreviation:
Creating moments of stability in the flux of development.- Chapter 3. Dialogical development and the making of the self: Reflections on Lyra's holistic approach.- Chapter 4. Development of a historically constructed system of relations: Contributions for communication in early life.- Chapter 5. When Legacy Becomes Presence - Commentary on the article "On Abbreviation: Dialogue in Early Life" by Maria C. D. P. Lyra.