Culture, serotonin receptor polymorphism and locus of attention

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 212-218

  Kim, Heejung S ^a   Sherman, David K ^a   Taylor, Shelley E ^b   Sasaki, Joni Y ^a   Chu, Thai Q ^a   Ryu, Chorong ^c   Suh, Eunkook M ^c   Xu, Jun ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

5 HTR1A; Attention; Culture

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CAUCASIAN; COGNITION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; KOREA; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CULTURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT1A; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954473679     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsp040     Document Type: Article

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