Culture and social support: neural bases and biological impact

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 178, Issue C, 2009, Pages 227-237

  Sherman, David K ^a   Kim, Heejung S ^a   Taylor, Shelley E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

culture; emotion regulation; expression; social support

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTIONALITY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CULTURE; EMOTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 71149111451     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(09)17816-0     Document Type: Review

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