Differential dorsal and ventral medial prefrontal representations of the implicit self modulated by individualism and collectivism: An fMRI study

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 257-271

  Harada, Tokiko ^a   Li, Zhang ^a   Chiao, Joan Y ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural neuroscience; Cultural priming; Culture; fMRI; Implicit self; Medial prefrontal cortex; Self; Self construal style

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; VASCULARIZATION;

BRAIN MAPPING; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INDIVIDUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953522815     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470910903374895     Document Type: Article

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