Psychologists have been trying to understand differences in cognition and behavior
between East Asian and Western cultures within a single cognitive framework such as …

In this review, we call for a cross-cultural examination of mentalizing. To this end, we first
outline theoretical directions for understanding mentalizing in the context of the universalism …

Empathy relies on brain systems that support the interaction between an observer's mental
state and cues about the others' experience. Beyond the core brain areas typically activated …

Prior research has found that East Asians are less willing than Westerners to seek social
support in times of need. What factors account for this cultural difference? Whereas previous …

Background: Although empathy has always been considered to be impaired in individuals
with autism spectrum conditions (ASCs), the relevant findings have been inconsistent. The …

Philosophies of aesthetics have posited that experience of the sublime—commonly but not
exclusively derived from scenes of natural grandeur—is distinct from that of beauty and is a …

How is the human brain shaped by our sociocultural experiences? What neural correlates
underlie the extraordinary cultural diversity of human behavior? How do our genes interact …

Although the core characteristics associated with autistic traits are impaired social
interactions, there are few studies examining how autistic traits translate into prosocial …

The anterior insula (AI) maps visceral states and is active during emotional experiences, a
functional confluence that is central to neurobiological accounts of feelings. Yet, it is unclear …

Situated models of emotion hypothesize that emotions are optimized for the context at hand,
but most neuroimaging approaches ignore context. For the first time, we applied Granger …