Cultural modulation of the neural correlates of emotional pain perception : the role of other-focusedness

• Main Authors: Cheon, Bobby Kyungbeom, Im, Dong-Mi, Harada, Tokiko, Kim, Ji-Sook, Mathur, Vani A., Scimeca, Jason M., Parrish, Todd B., Park, HyunWook, Chiao, Joan Y.
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Human anatomy and physiology::Neurobiology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/100537; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/24118
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Cultures vary in the extent to which they emphasize group members to habitually attend to the needs, perspectives, and internal experiences of others compared to the self. Here we examined the influence that collectivistic and individualistic cultural environments may play on the engagement of the n...