My face, my heart: Cultural differences in integrated bodily self-awareness

Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 10-16

  Maister, Lara ^a   Tsakiris, Manos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body representation; Culture; Face perception; Interoception; Self awareness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FACE; FEMALE; HEART; HEART BEAT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PERCEPTION; SELF CONCEPT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AWARENESS; BODY IMAGE; CULTURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893809993     PISSN: 17588928     EISSN: 17588936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17588928.2013.808613     Document Type: Article

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