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Theory and methods in cultural neuroscience.

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Chiao, JY; Hariri, AR; Harada, T; Mano, Y; Sadato, N; Parrish, TB; Iidaka, T
Published in: Social cognitive and affective neuroscience
June 2010

Cultural neuroscience is an emerging research discipline that investigates cultural variation in psychological, neural and genomic processes as a means of articulating the bidirectional relationship of these processes and their emergent properties. Research in cultural neuroscience integrates theory and methods from anthropology, cultural psychology, neuroscience and neurogenetics. Here, we review a set of core theoretical and methodological challenges facing researchers when planning and conducting cultural neuroscience studies, and provide suggestions for overcoming these challenges. In particular, we focus on the problems of defining culture and culturally appropriate experimental tasks, comparing neuroimaging data acquired from different populations and scanner sites and identifying functional genetic polymorphisms relevant to culture. Implications of cultural neuroscience research for addressing current issues in population health disparities are discussed.

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Published In

Social cognitive and affective neuroscience

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EISSN

1749-5024

ISSN

1749-5016

Publication Date

June 2010

Volume

5

Issue

2-3

Start / End Page

356 / 361

Related Subject Headings

  • Stereotyping
  • Research Design
  • Polymorphism, Genetic
  • Neurosciences
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Humans
  • Experimental Psychology
  • Culture
  • Cross-Cultural Comparison
  • Brain Mapping
 

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Chiao, J. Y., Hariri, A. R., Harada, T., Mano, Y., Sadato, N., Parrish, T. B., & Iidaka, T. (2010). Theory and methods in cultural neuroscience. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 5(2–3), 356–361. https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsq063
Chiao, Joan Y., Ahmad R. Hariri, Tokiko Harada, Yoko Mano, Norihiro Sadato, Todd B. Parrish, and Tetsuya Iidaka. “Theory and methods in cultural neuroscience.Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience 5, no. 2–3 (June 2010): 356–61. https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsq063.
Chiao JY, Hariri AR, Harada T, Mano Y, Sadato N, Parrish TB, et al. Theory and methods in cultural neuroscience. Social cognitive and affective neuroscience. 2010 Jun;5(2–3):356–61.
Chiao, Joan Y., et al. “Theory and methods in cultural neuroscience.Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, vol. 5, no. 2–3, June 2010, pp. 356–61. Epmc, doi:10.1093/scan/nsq063.
Chiao JY, Hariri AR, Harada T, Mano Y, Sadato N, Parrish TB, Iidaka T. Theory and methods in cultural neuroscience. Social cognitive and affective neuroscience. 2010 Jun;5(2–3):356–361.
Journal cover image

Published In

Social cognitive and affective neuroscience

DOI

EISSN

1749-5024

ISSN

1749-5016

Publication Date

June 2010

Volume

5

Issue

2-3

Start / End Page

356 / 361

Related Subject Headings

  • Stereotyping
  • Research Design
  • Polymorphism, Genetic
  • Neurosciences
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Humans
  • Experimental Psychology
  • Culture
  • Cross-Cultural Comparison
  • Brain Mapping