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From perceiving objects in space to recognizing emotions at a distance, culture affects how people think, feel, reason as well as the neurobiological mechanisms underlying these processes. Here I review recent evidence from cultural neuroscience, introduce the notion of computational cultural neuroscience – the development of computational and formal models of how culture affects neurobiological mechanisms and vice versa – and finally, discuss the implications of computational cultural neuroscience for research in augmented cognition.
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Chiao, J.Y. (2011). Computational Cultural Neuroscience: Implications for Augmented Cognition. In: Schmorrow, D.D., Fidopiastis, C.M. (eds) Foundations of Augmented Cognition. Directing the Future of Adaptive Systems. FAC 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 6780. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21852-1_17
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