Culture and the brain

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 342-345

  Ambady, Nalini ^a   Bharucha, Jamshed ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Culture; Neuroscience

Indexed keywords

EID: 74849087472     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8721.2009.01664.x     Document Type: Article

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