December 3-4 , 2010

Department of Psychology, Peking University

Funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China and Peking University

schedule

Friday, December 3

8:50-9:00	Opening welcome: Shihui Han, Department of Psychology, Peking University
9:00-9:50	Bruce Wexler, Yale University
	"The neurobiological substrate for sociocultural influences on mind and brain: An evolutionary perspective"
9:50-10:20	Coffee/Tea break
10:20-11:10	Andreas Roepstorff, University of Aarhus, Denmark
	“Enculturing brains through patterned practices”
11:10-12:00	Georg Northoff, University of Ottawa
	“What is the self? Empirical and conceptual considerations”
12:00-13:30	Lunch time
13:30-14:20	Shinobu Kitayama, University of Michigan
	“Culture, Self, and Dissonance: Neural Mechanisms of Choice Justification”
14:20-15:10	Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, University of Southern California
	“Me, myself and you: The psychology and neuroscience of admiration and compassion across cultures”
15:10-15:30	Coffee/Tea break
15:30-16:20	Bill Kelley, Dartmouth College
	“Representation of self and avatars: Novel insights from online digital environments”
16:20-17:10	Yina Ma, Peking University
	“Socioculturally patterned neural activity underlying self-reflective thinking”

Saturday, December 4

9:00-9:50	Joan Chiao, Northwestern University
	“Cultural neuroscience: Dialogues between cultural psychology and neuroscience”
9:50 -10:20	Coffee/Tea break
10:20-11:10	Kai Vogeley, University of Cologne
	“Neural mechanisms of nonverbal communication”
11:10-12:00	Tatia Lee, University of Hong Kong
	"Neural basis of deception"
12:00-14:00	Lunch time
14:00-14:50	Simone Shamay-Tsoory, University of Haifa
	"Empathy and intergroup relations: the neural mechanisms of ingroup empathy bias"
14:50-15:40	Moritz de Greck, Peking University
	"Transcultural differences in brain activity during intentional empathy"
15:40-16:10	Coffee/Tea break
16:10-17:00	Shihui Han, Peking University
	"How to reduce race bias in empathy for pain? An electrophysiological investigation"

Photos

Group Photo [Fullsize]


Bruce Wexler, Yale University [Fullsize]


Andreas Roepstorff, University of Aarhus, Denmark [Fullsize]


Georg Northoff, University of Ottawa [Fullsize]


Shinobu Kitayama, University of Michigan [Fullsize]


Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, University of Southern California [Fullsize]


Bill Kelley, Dartmouth College [Fullsize]


Yina Ma, Peking University [Fullsize]


Joan Chiao, Northwestern University [Fullsize]


Kai Vogeley, University of Clone [Fullsize]


Tatia Lee, University of Hong Kong [Fullsize]


Simone Shamay-Tsoory, University of Haifa [Fullsize]


Moritz de Greck, Peking University [Fullsize]


Shihui Han, Peking University [Fullsize]