Neuroscience and ethnography: an interdisciplinary revision and a cognitive proposal based on compassion research in Mexico

Social neuroscience considers the interplay of biologically evolved mechanisms and culturally shaped experiences as decisive to contextualize, motivate and influence complex brain functions and cognition. Compassion is a suitable moral emotion for approaching social cognition because it involves nat...

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Autores principales:	Roberto E. Mercadillo, José Luis Díaz
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN ES
Publicado:	Universidad de San Buenaventura 2013
Materias:	Compassion Social neuroscience Neuroimaging Culture Neuroethnography Psychology BF1-990
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:c84e1500f5b54e0abb0e9b948336847c2021-11-25T02:22:46ZNeuroscience and ethnography: an interdisciplinary revision and a cognitive proposal based on compassion research in Mexico10.21500/20112084.7232011-20842011-7922https://doaj.org/article/c84e1500f5b54e0abb0e9b948336847c2013-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistas.usb.edu.co/index.php/IJPR/article/view/723https://doaj.org/toc/2011-2084https://doaj.org/toc/2011-7922Social neuroscience considers the interplay of biologically evolved mechanisms and culturally shaped experiences as decisive to contextualize, motivate and influence complex brain functions and cognition. Compassion is a suitable moral emotion for approaching social cognition because it involves naturally and socially evolved factors to empathize with and wish to alleviate a perceived suffering of other individuals, and thereby promote social welfare. The present paper outlines research projects performed in Mexico, which focused on compassion from different viewpoints. The analysis includes psychometric evaluations of emotional appraisals, ethnographic records of Mayan populations, functional brain imaging with healthy Mexican individuals, including a sample of police officers’, and theoretical analysis relating compassion and violence. We propose a threefold neurocognitive compassion system encompassing empathy, executive functions and memory. Also, we suggest applying ethnographic methods to design neuroimaging studies and thereby reveal and interpret brain functions among different social and cultural groups.Roberto E. MercadilloJosé Luis DíazUniversidad de San BuenaventuraarticleCompassionSocial neuroscienceNeuroimagingCultureNeuroethnographyPsychologyBF1-990ENESInternational Journal of Psychological Research, Vol 6 (2013)
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spellingShingle	Compassion Social neuroscience Neuroimaging Culture Neuroethnography Psychology BF1-990 Roberto E. Mercadillo José Luis Díaz Neuroscience and ethnography: an interdisciplinary revision and a cognitive proposal based on compassion research in Mexico
description	Social neuroscience considers the interplay of biologically evolved mechanisms and culturally shaped experiences as decisive to contextualize, motivate and influence complex brain functions and cognition. Compassion is a suitable moral emotion for approaching social cognition because it involves naturally and socially evolved factors to empathize with and wish to alleviate a perceived suffering of other individuals, and thereby promote social welfare. The present paper outlines research projects performed in Mexico, which focused on compassion from different viewpoints. The analysis includes psychometric evaluations of emotional appraisals, ethnographic records of Mayan populations, functional brain imaging with healthy Mexican individuals, including a sample of police officers’, and theoretical analysis relating compassion and violence. We propose a threefold neurocognitive compassion system encompassing empathy, executive functions and memory. Also, we suggest applying ethnographic methods to design neuroimaging studies and thereby reveal and interpret brain functions among different social and cultural groups.
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title	Neuroscience and ethnography: an interdisciplinary revision and a cognitive proposal based on compassion research in Mexico
title_short	Neuroscience and ethnography: an interdisciplinary revision and a cognitive proposal based on compassion research in Mexico
title_full	Neuroscience and ethnography: an interdisciplinary revision and a cognitive proposal based on compassion research in Mexico
title_fullStr	Neuroscience and ethnography: an interdisciplinary revision and a cognitive proposal based on compassion research in Mexico
title_full_unstemmed	Neuroscience and ethnography: an interdisciplinary revision and a cognitive proposal based on compassion research in Mexico
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publisher	Universidad de San Buenaventura
publishDate	2013
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Neuroscience and ethnography: an interdisciplinary revision and a cognitive proposal based on compassion research in Mexico

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