Cultures differ in the ability to enhance affective neural responses.

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  • Author(s): Varnum MEW;Varnum MEW; Hampton RS; Hampton RS
  • Source:
    Social neuroscience [Soc Neurosci] 2017 Oct; Vol. 12 (5), pp. 594-603. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Jul 16.
  • Publication Type:
    Comparative Study; Journal Article
  • Language:
    English
  • Additional Information
    • Source:
      Publisher: Routledge Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 101279009 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1747-0927 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 17470919 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Soc Neurosci Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Publication: 2013- : London : Routledge
      Original Publication: Hove : Psychology Press, c2006-
    • Subject Terms:
      Culture*; Brain/*physiology ; Emotions/*physiology ; Visual Perception/*physiology; Electroencephalography ; Evoked Potentials ; Asia, Eastern ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Neuropsychological Tests ; Self Report ; United States ; Volition/physiology ; White People ; Young Adult
    • Abstract:
      The present study (N = 55) used an event-related potential paradigm to investigate whether cultures differ in the ability to upregulate affective responses. Using stimuli selected from the International Affective Picture System, we found that European-Americans (N = 29) enhanced central-parietal late positive potential (LPP) (400-800 ms post-stimulus) responses to affective stimuli when instructed to do so, whereas East Asians (N = 26) did not. We observed cultural differences in the ability to enhance central-parietal LPP responses for both positively and negativelyvalenced stimuli, and the ability to enhance these two types of responses was positively correlated for Americans but negatively for East Asians. These results are consistent with the notion that cultural variations in norms and values regarding affective expression and experiences shape how the brain regulates emotions.
    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: Culture; ERP; LPP; cultural neuroscience; emotion regulation
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20160716 Date Completed: 20180308 Latest Revision: 20221207
    • Publication Date:
      20221213
    • Accession Number:
      10.1080/17470919.2016.1209239
    • Accession Number:
      27420406