Cultural neuroscience

Asian Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 72-82

  Ames, Daniel L ^a   Fiske, Susan T ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Emotion; Neuroscience; Perception; Self; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954108284     PISSN: 13672223     EISSN: 1467839X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-839X.2010.01301.x     Document Type: Article

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