Cultural influences on neural basis of intergroup empathy

NeuroImage

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 642-650

  Cheon, Bobby K ^a   Im, Dong mi ^b   Harada, Tokiko ^a   Kim, Ji Sook ^b   Mathur, Vani A ^a   Scimeca, Jason M ^a   Parrish, Todd B ^a   Park, Hyun Wook ^b   Chiao, Joan Y ^a,c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^c Northwestern Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural neuroscience; Culture; FMRI; Intergroup empathy; Social dominance orientation; Temporoparietal junction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTION; EMPATHY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERGROUP EMPATHY; KOREAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TEMPORO PARIETAL JUNCTION;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CULTURE; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958727847     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.04.031     Document Type: Article

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