Voting behavior is reflected in amygdala response across cultures

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 349-355

  Rule, Nicholas O ^a   Freeman, Jonathan B ^a   Moran, Joseph M ^b   Gabrieli, John D E ^b   Adams Jr , Reginald B ^c   Ambady, Nalini ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Culture; Face perception; Nonverbal behavior; Politics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; COGNITION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; FACE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POLITICS; UNITED STATES;

AMYGDALA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COGNITION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FACE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; JAPAN; JUDGMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; POLITICS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954460615     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsp046     Document Type: Article

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