Spontaneous trait inference is culture-specific: Behavioral and neural evidence

Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1025-1032

  Na, Jinkyung ^a   Kitayama, Shinobu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

culture; self; spontaneous trait inference

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BRAIN; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ASIAN AMERICANS; BRAIN; CULTURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; REACTION TIME; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 80051634210     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611414727     Document Type: Article

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