In Our Biosocial Brains, Michele Lewis underscores culture, brain,
behavior, and social problems to advocate for a more inclusive
cultural neuroscience. Traditional neuroscientists to date have not
prioritized studying the impact of power, bias, and injustice on
neural processing and the brain’s perception of marginalized humans.
Lewis explains current events, historical events, and scientific
studies, in Our Biosocial Brains. Readers will be drawn to the
relevancy of brain science to examples of injustices and social bias.
Lewis also argues that incorporating non-western African-Centered
Psychology is vital to diversifying research questions and
diversifying interpretations of existing brain science, because
African-Centered Psychology is not rooted in racist, classist, and
exclusionary hegemonic methods. Lewis argues for attention to
marginalized populations, regarding the impact of violence,
disrespect, othering, slurs, environmental injustice, health, and
general disregard on humans’ brains and behavior. Using hundreds of
peer-reviewed studies and original research, the author presents
scientific studies that are integrated with sociocultural explanations
to foster wider understanding of how our sociocultural world shapes
our brains, and how our brains’ responses influence how humans
perceive and treat one another.
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The Cultural Neuroscience of Bias, Power, and Injustice
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781498583541
Publisert
2020
Utgiver
Vendor
Lexington Books
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok