The central mission of this lab is to build and expand our knowledge on the mutual constitution between the socio-cultural context and the human mind. Our work draws on prior work in cultural psychology. Over the last three decades, the alumni of this lab have substantially contributed to this literature.
If you are interested in some of the most representative work in this literature, please see the following publications:
- Markus, H., & Kitayama, S. (1991). Culture and the self: Implications for cognition, emotion, and motivation. Psychological Review, 98, 224-253.
- Kitayama, S., Markus, H. R., Matsumoto, H., Norasakkunkit, V. (1997). Individual and collective processes in the construction of the self: Self-enhancement in the United States and self-criticism in Japan. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 72, 1245-1267.
- Heine, S. J., Lehman, D. R., Markus, H. R., & Kitayama, S. (1999). Is there a universal need for positive self-regard? Psychological Review, 106, 766-794.
- Markus, H.R., & Kitayama, S. (2010). Culture and self: A cycle of mutual constitution. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 5, 420-430.
Also, if you want to learn more about the field as a whole, here is the 2nd edition of the field-defining handbook:
In recent years, our lab has focused on three broad areas: (i) cultural neuroscience, (ii) culture and health, and (iii) globalizing cultural psychology. They converge to contribute to a long-standing program of research on the interface between socio-cultural processes and mentality.
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