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The adaptive self: Culture and social flexibility in feedback networks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

Daina Crafa  and
Saskia K. Nagel
Daina Crafa
Affiliation:
Integrated Program in Neuroscience, Douglas Mental Health Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, H4H 1R3, [email protected]://www.dainacrafa.com
Saskia K. Nagel
Affiliation:
Human Technology Center, RWTH Aachen University, 52062 Aachen, [email protected] Department of Philosophy, University of Twente, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands.
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Abstract

Culture contextualizes the contents and intentionality of many mental statuses. Cognitive mediation of cultural information shapes these contents and intentionalities, as well as many of the false beliefs of pathology. Flexibility of cognitive mediation processes and resulting beliefs and pathologies may vary by individual, be a key mechanism of the feedback loop, and help characterize network connections.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 42 , 2019 , e5
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