Dynamic cultural influences on neural representations of the self

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-11

  Chiao, Joan Y ^a   Harada, Tokiko ^a   Komeda, Hidetsugu ^b   Li, Zhang ^a   Mano, Yoko ^b   Saito, Daisuke ^b   Parrish, Todd B ^a   Sadato, Norihiro ^b   Iidaka, Tetsuya ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CINGULATE GYRUS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SELF CONCEPT;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73249134141     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2009.21192     Document Type: Article

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