PMID- 19199421
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20100916
LR  - 20221207
IS  - 1530-8898 (Electronic)
IS  - 0898-929X (Linking)
VI  - 22
IP  - 1
DP  - 2010 Jan
TI  - Dynamic cultural influences on neural representations of the self.
PG  - 1-11
LID - 10.1162/jocn.2009.21192 [doi]
AB  - People living in multicultural environments often encounter situations which 
      require them to acquire different cultural schemas and to switch between these 
      cultural schemas depending on their immediate sociocultural context. Prior 
      behavioral studies show that priming cultural schemas reliably impacts mental 
      processes and behavior underlying self-concept. However, less well understood is 
      whether or not cultural priming affects neurobiological mechanisms underlying the 
      self. Here we examined whether priming cultural values of individualism and 
      collectivism in bicultural individuals affects neural activity in cortical 
      midline structures underlying self-relevant processes using functional magnetic 
      resonance imaging. Biculturals primed with individualistic values showed 
      increased activation within medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC) and posterior 
      cingulate cortex (PCC) during general relative to contextual self-judgments, 
      whereas biculturals primed with collectivistic values showed increased response 
      within MPFC and PCC during contextual relative to general self-judgments. 
      Moreover, degree of cultural priming was positively correlated with degree of 
      MPFC and PCC activity during culturally congruent self-judgments. These findings 
      illustrate the dynamic influence of culture on neural representations underlying 
      the self and, more broadly, suggest a neurobiological basis by which people 
      acculturate to novel environments.
FAU - Chiao, Joan Y
AU  - Chiao JY
AD  - Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, 2029 Sheridan Rd., Evanston, 
      IL 60208, USA. jchiao@northwestern.edu
FAU - Harada, Tokiko
AU  - Harada T
FAU - Komeda, Hidetsugu
AU  - Komeda H
FAU - Li, Zhang
AU  - Li Z
FAU - Mano, Yoko
AU  - Mano Y
FAU - Saito, Daisuke
AU  - Saito D
FAU - Parrish, Todd B
AU  - Parrish TB
FAU - Sadato, Norihiro
AU  - Sadato N
FAU - Iidaka, Tetsuya
AU  - Iidaka T
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
PL  - United States
TA  - J Cogn Neurosci
JT  - Journal of cognitive neuroscience
JID - 8910747
SB  - IM
MH  - Acculturation
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Asian/ethnology/*psychology
MH  - *Brain Mapping
MH  - Cognition/physiology
MH  - *Cross-Cultural Comparison
MH  - Female
MH  - Gyrus Cinguli/anatomy & histology/*physiology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Individuality
MH  - Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MH  - Male
MH  - Prefrontal Cortex/anatomy & histology/*physiology
MH  - *Self Concept
MH  - Young Adult
EDAT- 2009/02/10 09:00
MHDA- 2010/09/18 06:00
CRDT- 2009/02/10 09:00
PHST- 2009/02/10 09:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2009/02/10 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2010/09/18 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1162/jocn.2009.21192 [pii]
AID - 10.1162/jocn.2009.21192 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Cogn Neurosci. 2010 Jan;22(1):1-11. doi: 10.1162/jocn.2009.21192.