zondag 28 november 2010

Brain Imaging Studies Show Different Cultures Have Different Brains: Scientific American Podcast

Brain Imaging Studies Show Different Cultures Have Different Brains: Scientific American Podcast: "Did you know that our brain function is entirely different when we think about our own honesty versus when we think about another’s honesty? That’s if the “we” is American. For Chinese people their brains look identical when considering either.

These sorts of studies fall into so-called cultural neuroscience; the study how our environment shapes our brain function."