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The gray matter volume of the temporoparietal junction varies across cultures: a moderating role of the dopamine D4 receptor gene (DRD4).
Social cognitive and affective neuroscience - 11 May 2020
Kitayama Shinobu, Yu Qinggang, King Anthony P, Yoon Carolyn, Liberzon Israel
Abstract excerpt
Prior work shows that compared to European Americans, East Asians show an enhanced propensity to take the perspective of another person. In the current work, we tested whether this cultural difference might be reflected in the gray matter (GM) volume of the temporoparietal junction (TPJ), a brain region selectively implicated in perspective taking and mentalizing. We also explored whether the cultural difference...
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