Modularity and the Cultural Mind

Joan Y. Chiao, Mary Helen Immordino-Yang
2013 Perspectives on Psychological Science  
A central question in the study of the mind is how cognitive functions are shaped by a complex interplay of genetic and experiential processes. Recent evidence from cultural neuroscience indicates that cultural values, practices, and beliefs influence brain function across a variety of cognitive processes from vision to social cognition. This evidence extends to low-level perceptual systems comprised of domain-specific mechanisms, suggesting the importance of ecological and cultural variation
more » ... the evolutionary and developmental processes that give rise to the human mind and brain. In this article, we argue that investigating the architecture of the human mind will require understanding how the human mind and brain shape and are shaped by culture-gene coevolutionary processes.
doi:10.1177/1745691612469032 pmid:23710245 pmcid:PMC3661285 fatcat:eq27n3owxbatderdrf4avrpyoe