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 na\"ıve 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.
%0 Journal Article
%1 Vogeley2009
%A Vogeley, Kai
%A Roepstorff, Andreas
%D 2009
%J Trends in Cognitive Sciences
%K Behavior Brain,Brain: Relations,Social \& anatomy histology,Brain: physiology,Cognition,Culture,Humans,Interpersonal
%N 12
%P 511--6
%R 10.1016/j.tics.2009.09.006
%T Contextualising culture and social cognition
%U http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19880342
%V 13
%X 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 na\"ıve 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.
@article{Vogeley2009,
abstract = {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 na\"{\i}ve 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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author = {Vogeley, Kai and Roepstorff, Andreas},
biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2fe46aa5a3a9e9ca3e0c76511637b0b81/yevb0},
doi = {10.1016/j.tics.2009.09.006},
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issn = {1879-307X},
journal = {Trends in Cognitive Sciences},
keywords = {Behavior Brain,Brain: Relations,Social \& anatomy histology,Brain: physiology,Cognition,Culture,Humans,Interpersonal},
month = dec,
number = 12,
pages = {511--6},
pmid = {19880342},
timestamp = {2011-03-27T17:21:12.000+0200},
title = {Contextualising culture and social cognition},
url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19880342},
volume = 13,
year = 2009
}