Culture in social neuroscience: A review

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-10

  Rule, Nicholas O ^a   Freeman, Jonathan B ^b   Ambady, Nalini ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; EEG; fMRI

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; REVIEW;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CULTURE; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872539212     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2012.695293     Document Type: Review

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