Modularity and the Cultural Mind: Contributions of Cultural Neuroscience to Cognitive Theory

Perspectives on Psychological Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 56-61

  Chiao, Joan Y ^a   Immordino Yang, Mary Helen ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cultural neuroscience; domain generality; domain specificity; modularity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872582420     PISSN: 17456916     EISSN: 17456924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1745691612469032     Document Type: Article

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