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Culture, Mind, and Brain
Emerging Concepts, Models, and Applications

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Laurence J. Kirmayer, Carol M. Worthman, Shinobu Kitayama, Dietrich Stout, Qinggang Yu, Daniel D. Hutto, Shaun Gallagher, Jesús Ilundáin-Agurruza, Inês Hipólito, Maria Gendron, Batja Mesquita, Lisa Feldman Barrett, Shihui Han, Georg Northoff, Ana Gómez-Carrillo, Timothé Langlois-Thérien, Maxwell J. D. Ramstead, Ian Gold, Daniel H. Lende, Gregory Downey, Yan Mu, Michele J. Gelfand, Christopher Kavanagh, Jonathan Jong, Harvey Whitehouse, Rob Boddice, Gregory L. West, Véronique Bohbot, Joshua Berson, Benjamin P. Gold, Robert J. Zatorre, Omri Moses, Robert Lemelson, Annie Tucker, Brandon Kohrt, Firrhaana Sayanvala, Lisa Bornstein, Suparna Choudhury, Jai Shah, Daniel Weinstock, Ian Gold, Moriah Stendel, Samuel P. L. Veissière, M. Ariel Cascio
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  • Date Published: November 2020
  • availability: In stock
  • format: Hardback
  • isbn: 9781108484145

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  • Recent neuroscience research makes it clear that human biology is cultural biology - we develop and live our lives in socially constructed worlds that vary widely in their structure values, and institutions. This integrative volume brings together interdisciplinary perspectives from the human, social, and biological sciences to explore culture, mind, and brain interactions and their impact on personal and societal issues. Contributors provide a fresh look at emerging concepts, models, and applications of the co-constitution of culture, mind, and brain. Chapters survey the latest theoretical and methodological insights alongside the challenges in this area, and describe how these new ideas are being applied in the sciences, humanities, arts, mental health, and everyday life. Readers will gain new appreciation of the ways in which our unique biology and cultural diversity shape behavior and experience, and our ongoing adaptation to a constantly changing world.

    • Brings together a diverse group of researchers to take a fresh look at emerging concepts, tools, models, and data in culture, mind, and brain interactions
    • Bridges disciplines with dynamic developmental and ecological models
    • Explores integrative approaches to studying the relationships between culture, mind, and brain
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    Reviews & endorsements

    'This is an extraordinary collection written by leaders in psychological anthropology, social psychology, and ‘cultural neuroscience’. It presents state-of-the-art research dedicated to understanding the interaction of mind, brain, and culture.' Melvin Konner, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Anthropology, Emory University

    'The question of how culture and the brain interact to shape the mind is one of the great questions of our time. This thoughtful collection demonstrates that interdisciplinary collaboration is crucial to any good answer to such a question.' Tanya Luhrmann, Howard H. and Jessie T. Watkins University Professor of Anthropology, Stanford University

    'At this scientific smorgasbord, you'll whet your appetite on rich intellectual histories prepared by those who lived them. Then, feast on a heaping helping of the latest ideas about how minds, brains, and cultures co-constitute themselves. Finally, relax while taking in wide-ranging literature reviews on the latest findings in neuroscience, anthropology, psychology and other relevant fields.' Joe Henrich, Chair of the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University

    'I was just getting used to the age of enactivism. It is now clear that attention to culture will bring the next paradigm shift. This book is a great foundational resource. It foreshadows the way we are going to think about ourselves in the next decade - gracefully spanning from dopamine receptors to the extended evolutionary synthesis, from connectomes to predictive processing. In short, all our favourite things are here - and are woven together beautifully.' Karl Friston, FRS, University College London

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    Product details

    • Date Published: November 2020
    • format: Hardback
    • isbn: 9781108484145
    • length: 558 pages
    • dimensions: 234 x 156 x 31 mm
    • weight: 0.97kg
    • availability: In stock
  • Table of Contents

    1. Co-Constructing Culture, Mind and Brain Laurence Kirmayer, Carol Worthman, and Shinobu Kitayama
    Part I. Dynamics of Culture, Mind, and Brain: Models and Evidence
    2. Culture, Mind, and Brain in Human Evolution: An Extended Evolutionary Perspective on Paleolithic Toolmaking as Embodied Practice Dietrich Stout
    3. Mutual Constitution of Culture and the Mind: Insights From Cultural Neuroscience Shinobu Kitayama, Qinggang Yu
    4. Being There: Foundations, Theory, Method Carol M. Worthman
    5. Culture in Mind – An Enactivist Account: Not Cognitive Penetration but Cultural Permeation Daniel D. Hutto, Shaun Gallagher, Jesús Ilundáin-Agurruza, Inês Hipólito 6. The Brain as Cultural Artifact: Concepts, Actions, and Experiences Within the Human Affective Niche Maria Gendron, Batja Mesquita, Lisa Feldman Barrett
    7. Cultural Priming Effects and the Human Brain Shihui Han, Georg Northoff
    8. Culture, Self, and Agency: An Ecosocial View Laurence J. Kirmayer, Ana Gómez-Carrillo, Timothé Langlois-Thérien, Maxwell J. D. Ramstead and Ian Gold
    9. Neuroanthropological Perspectives on Culture, Mind, and Brain Daniel H. Lende, Greg Downey 10. The Neural Mechanisms Underlying Social Norms: Norm Detection, Punishment, and Compliance Yan Mu, Michele J. Gelfand
    11. Ritual and Religion as Social Technologies of Cooperation Christopher Kavanagh, Jonathan Jong, Harvey Whitehouse
    Part II. Applications
    12. The Cultural Brain as Historical Artifact Rob Boddice
    13. Experience-Dependent Plasticity in the Hippocampus Greg L. West, Véronique D. Bohbot
    14. Liminal Brains in Uncertain Futures: Critical Neuroscience and the Cultural Contexts of Neuroeducation Suparna Choudhury and Joshua Berson
    15. The Reward of Musical Emotions and Expectations Benjamin P. Gold and Robert J. Zatorre 16. Literary Analysis and Weak Theories Omri Moses
    17. Capturing Context is Not Enough: the Embodied Impact of Story and Emotion in Ethnographic Film Robert Lemelson and Anne Tucker
    18. Social Neuroscience in Global Mental Health: Case Study on Stigma Reduction in Nepal Brandon Kohrt
    19. Cities, Psychosis, and Social Defeat Firrhaana Sayanvala, Lisa Bornstein, Suparna Choudhury, Jai Shah, Daniel Weinstock, and Ian Gold
    20. Internet Sociality Moriah Stendel, Maxwell Ramstead, Samuel P. L. Veissière
    21. Neurodiversity as a Conceptual Lens and Topic of Cross-Cultural Study M. Ariel Cascio
    22. Epilogue: Interdisciplinarity in the Study of Culture, Mind, and Brain Laurence Kirmayer, Carol M. Worthman and Shinobu Kitayama
    Index.

  • Editors

    Laurence J. Kirmayer, McGill University, Montréal
    Laurence J. Kirmayer is James McGill Professor and Director of the Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry at McGill University, where he conducts research on the place of culture in mental health and illness, medical and psychological anthropology, and the philosophy of psychiatry.

    Carol M. Worthman, Emory University, Atlanta
    Carol M. Worthman is Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor at the Department of Anthropology at Emory University. She uses a biocultural approach in comparative interdisciplinary research on health and human development in Africa, Asia, and the USA.

    Shinobu Kitayama, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
    Shinobu Kitayama is Social Psychology Area Chair and Robert B. Zajonc Collegiate Professor of Psychology at University of Michigan, where he conducts research on the mutual constitution of mental processes and culture.

    Robert Lemelson, University of California, Los Angeles
    Robert Lemelson is President of the Foundation for Psychocultural Research and Adjunct Professor of Anthropology at UCLA. He has been conducting psychological and visual anthropological research in Indonesia yearly for the past 20 years.

    Constance A. Cummings, The Foundation for Psychocultural Research
    Constance A. Cummings is Project Director of the Foundation for Psychocultural Research, which advances interdisciplinary research on the intersection of brain, mind, and culture. She is co-editor of Formative Experiences (2010) and Re-Visioning Psychiatry (2015), both with Cambridge University Press.

    Contributors

    Laurence J. Kirmayer, Carol M. Worthman, Shinobu Kitayama, Dietrich Stout, Qinggang Yu, Daniel D. Hutto, Shaun Gallagher, Jesús Ilundáin-Agurruza, Inês Hipólito, Maria Gendron, Batja Mesquita, Lisa Feldman Barrett, Shihui Han, Georg Northoff, Ana Gómez-Carrillo, Timothé Langlois-Thérien, Maxwell J. D. Ramstead, Ian Gold, Daniel H. Lende, Gregory Downey, Yan Mu, Michele J. Gelfand, Christopher Kavanagh, Jonathan Jong, Harvey Whitehouse, Rob Boddice, Gregory L. West, Véronique Bohbot, Joshua Berson, Benjamin P. Gold, Robert J. Zatorre, Omri Moses, Robert Lemelson, Annie Tucker, Brandon Kohrt, Firrhaana Sayanvala, Lisa Bornstein, Suparna Choudhury, Jai Shah, Daniel Weinstock, Ian Gold, Moriah Stendel, Samuel P. L. Veissière, M. Ariel Cascio

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