ICPS
2019 International Convention of Psychological Science · 2019
Culture Modulates Neural Correlates of Self-Enhancement: An ERP Investigation
- Xing-Jie Chen
University of Massachusetts Amherst - Jiyoung Park
University of Texas at Dallas - Youngbin Kwak
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Abstract
Self-enhancement is considered a fundamental human motive, but past cross-cultural studies suggest that this motivational drive is much weaker among Asians. The present work extends this analysis using event-related brain potentials by showing that culture also modulates neural correlates of self-enhancement, indexed by greater P200 to positive (vs. negative) self-information.
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