Cross-Cultural Similarities and Differences in Person-Body Reasoning: Experimental Evidence From the United Kingdom and Brazilian Amazon

Cognitive Science

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1282-1304

  Cohen, Emma ^a,b,c   Burdett, Emily ^c   Knight, Nicola ^c   Barrett, Justin ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cognitive anthropology; Cross cultural; Dualism; Mind body; Person

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ART; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; CHILD; COGNITION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN BODY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIND-BODY RELATIONS, METAPHYSICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 80052411055     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-6709.2011.01172.x     Document Type: Article

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