Exploring Cultural Influences on Cognitive Processes

Anjie chats with Dr. Dorsa Amir, an Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Duke University. She directs the Mind and Culture Lab, where she studies how culture shapes the developing mind. In this episode, Dorsa shares her papers that probe the many ways cultural environments can influence cognitive processes. She outlines a new framework proposing four possible “pathways” by which culture might (or might not) shape cognition. She also shares her own path into cultural psychology, blending anthropology and cognitive science to tackle age-old questions about the human mind.

Dorsa’s website: https://www.dorsaamir.com/
Dorsa’s lab website: https://www.mindandculturelab.com/
Dorsa’s twitter: @DorsaAmir
Dorsa’s paper: https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/y7mtf_v1
 

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