Cultural influences on memory

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 178, Issue C, 2009, Pages 137-150

  Gutchess, Angela H ^a   Indeck, Allie ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cognition; culture; fMRI; long term memory

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EMOTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROUP DYNAMICS; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROSCIENCE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; REWARD; SEMANTICS; SENSATION; TEMPORAL LOBE; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; BRAIN; COGNITION; CULTURE; HUMANS; MEMORY; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 71149116770     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(09)17809-3     Document Type: Review

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