The cultural neuroscience of person perception

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 178, Issue C, 2009, Pages 191-201

  Freeman, Jonathan B ^a   Rule, Nicholas O ^a   Ambady, Nalini ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

behavior; culture; emotions; face; neuroscience; perception; psychology; social status

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENTAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VISION;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CULTURE; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 71149091072     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(09)17813-5     Document Type: Review

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