Culture and the brain: Opportunities and obstacles

Asian Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 59-71

  Zhou, Haotian ^a   Cacioppo, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain and ERP; Cultural neuroscience; fMRI

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954137518     PISSN: 13672223     EISSN: 1467839X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-839X.2010.01302.x     Document Type: Article

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