Shihui Han

Gebundenes Buch

The Sociocultural Brain

A Cultural Neuroscience Approach to Human Nature

Beschreibung

Providing a new perspective on human brain functional organization, this book examines how sociocultural experience interacts with genes in shaping brain and behavior. Reviewing numerous studies, it considers the nature of the human brain and implications for education, cross-cultural conflict, and the clinical treatment of mental disorders.

Autor

Shihui Han is a distinguished professor at the Department of Psychology and a principle investigator at PKU-IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Peking University, China. He investigates how sociocultural experiences shape neural mechanism underlying self-recognition and self-reflection and how these effects help to understand human social behavior. He also studies how the neural mechanisms of emotion understanding and sharing are modulated by social intergroup relationships. Professor Han is a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science. He is also the founding chief editor of the journal "Culture and Brain" and an associate editor of "Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience".

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. August 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 163mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 633g
• ISBN-13: 9780198743194
• ISBN-10: 019874319X
• Artikelnr.: 48432952