Chiao Joan Y, Cheon Bobby K, Pornpattanangkul Narun, Mrazek Alissa J, Blizinsky Katherine D
Department of Psychology and Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program Northwestern University.
Psychol Inq. 2013 Jan 1;24(1):1-19. doi: 10.1080/1047840X.2013.752715.
The nature and origin of human diversity has been a source of intellectual curiosity since the beginning of human history. Contemporary advances in cultural and biological sciences provide unique opportunities for the emerging field of cultural neuroscience. Research in cultural neuroscience examines how cultural and genetic diversity shape the human mind, brain and behavior across multiple time scales: situation, ontogeny and phylogeny. Recent progress in cultural neuroscience provides novel theoretical frameworks for understanding the complex interaction of environmental, cultural and genetic factors in the production of adaptive human behavior. Here, we provide a brief history of cultural neuroscience, theoretical and methodological advances, as well as empirical evidence of the promise of and progress in the field. Implications of this research for population health disparities and public policy are discussed.
自人类历史开端以来，人类多样性的本质与起源就一直是激发求知欲的源泉。文化科学和生物科学的当代进展为新兴的文化神经科学领域提供了独特机遇。文化神经科学的研究考察了文化和基因多样性如何在多个时间尺度上塑造人类的心智、大脑和行为：情境、个体发育和系统发育。文化神经科学的最新进展为理解环境、文化和基因因素在适应性人类行为产生过程中的复杂相互作用提供了新的理论框架。在此，我们简要介绍文化神经科学的历史、理论和方法进展，以及该领域前景和进展的实证证据。还将讨论这项研究对人群健康差异和公共政策的影响。
