Frontier mental health research: psychedelics & drug studies

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1 paper

Cultures and Selves

Hazel Rose Markus, Shinobu Kitayama

This article reviews theory and research on how people and cultures shape each other. It defines the self as the “me” at the center of experience — a developing sense of awareness and agency that forms as a person (both brain and body) becomes tuned to different environments. The authors…

Cultural Differences and Values Social and Intergroup Psychology Social Representations and Identity
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