Contextualising culture and social cognition
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Cognitive neurosciencists have recently begun to study self-consiousness and intersubjectivity but have not yet taken into account adequately the influence of culture on these phenomena. Here, we argue against the naïve inclusion of 'culture' as an additional independent factor that can be empirically addressed adequately merely by considering mother tongue or nationality. Instead, we propose that culture needs to be considered as a dynamical system of individuals; that culture is in continous dialectic interaction and exchange with the individuals that constitute it; and that cultural classifications feed back into social practices and identity processes, hence exhibiting a 'looping effect'. These proposals have important implications for the development of cultural neuroscience.
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The development of social abilities is strongly influenced by culture via interactions between genes, environment, behaviour, and the brain.
“Furthermore, the development of these social abilities is strongly influenced by culture via interactions between genes, environment, behaviour, and the brain. 164,165”
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- Authors
- Vogeley, K., & Roepstorff, A.
- Affiliations
- University of Cologne (DE)
- Aarhus University (DK)
- Corresponding author
- Vogeley, Kai
- Venue
- Trends in Cognitive Sciences
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2009-12
- Volume
- 13
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 511-516
- ISSN
- 1364-6613 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2023037870
- Cited by
- 121
- References
- 8
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 10 · 2014: 14 · 2013: 11 · 2012: 16
- FWCI
- 1.55
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Trends in Cognitive Sciences (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Cultural Differences and Values
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Social Representations and Identity
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Keywords
- culture, social cognition, self-consciousness, intersubjectivity, cultural neuroscience, dynamical systems, looping effects, identity processes, social practices, mother tongue, nationality
- MeSH terms
- Brain, Cognition, Culture, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Social Behavior
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