Cultural attachment : from behavior to computational neuroscience
Cultural attachment (CA) refers to processes that allow culture and its symbols to provide psychological security when facing threat. Epistemologically, whereas we currently have an adequate predictivist model of CA, it is necessary to prepare for a mechanistic approach that will not only predict, b...
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| author | Yap, Wei-Jie Cheon, Bobby Hong, Ying-yi Christopoulos, George I. |
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| description | Cultural attachment (CA) refers to processes that allow culture and its symbols to provide psychological security when facing threat. Epistemologically, whereas we currently have an adequate predictivist model of CA, it is necessary to prepare for a mechanistic approach that will not only predict, but also explain CA phenomena. Toward that direction, we here first examine the concepts and mechanisms that are the building blocks of both the prototypical maternal attachment as well as CA. Based on existing robust neuroscience models we associate these concepts and mechanisms with bona fide neurobiological functions to advance an integrative neurobiological model of CA. We further discuss the unresolved relationship of CA to other similar socio-cognitive concepts such as familiarity. Overall aim of the paper is to highlight the importance of integrating CA theory to computational approaches to culture and evolution (such as predictive processing computations explaining niche construction), as this will allow a dynamic interpretation of cultural processes. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/835242023-05-19T06:44:44Z Cultural attachment : from behavior to computational neuroscience Yap, Wei-Jie Cheon, Bobby Hong, Ying-yi Christopoulos, George I. Nanyang Business School School of Social Sciences Culture Science Institute Decision, Environmental and Organizational Neuroscience Lab Business::General Cultural Attachment Attachment Cultural attachment (CA) refers to processes that allow culture and its symbols to provide psychological security when facing threat. Epistemologically, whereas we currently have an adequate predictivist model of CA, it is necessary to prepare for a mechanistic approach that will not only predict, but also explain CA phenomena. Toward that direction, we here first examine the concepts and mechanisms that are the building blocks of both the prototypical maternal attachment as well as CA. Based on existing robust neuroscience models we associate these concepts and mechanisms with bona fide neurobiological functions to advance an integrative neurobiological model of CA. We further discuss the unresolved relationship of CA to other similar socio-cognitive concepts such as familiarity. Overall aim of the paper is to highlight the importance of integrating CA theory to computational approaches to culture and evolution (such as predictive processing computations explaining niche construction), as this will allow a dynamic interpretation of cultural processes. MOE (Min. of Education, S’pore) Published version 2019-08-23T01:49:54Z 2019-12-06T15:24:50Z 2019-08-23T01:49:54Z 2019-12-06T15:24:50Z 2019 Journal Article Yap, W.-J., Cheon, B., Hong, Y., & Christopoulos, G. I. (2019). Cultural Attachment: From Behavior to Computational Neuroscience. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 13, 209-. doi:10.3389/fnhum.2019.00209 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/83524 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/49755 10.3389/fnhum.2019.00209 en Frontiers in Human Neuroscience © 2019 Yap, Cheon, Hong and Christopoulos. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. 17 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Business::General Cultural Attachment Attachment Yap, Wei-Jie Cheon, Bobby Hong, Ying-yi Christopoulos, George I. Cultural attachment : from behavior to computational neuroscience |
| title | Cultural attachment : from behavior to computational neuroscience |
| title_full | Cultural attachment : from behavior to computational neuroscience |
| title_fullStr | Cultural attachment : from behavior to computational neuroscience |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cultural attachment : from behavior to computational neuroscience |
| title_short | Cultural attachment : from behavior to computational neuroscience |
| title_sort | cultural attachment from behavior to computational neuroscience |
| topic | Business::General Cultural Attachment Attachment |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/83524 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/49755 |
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