1st Edition

Computational Cultural Neuroscience An Introduction

By Joan Y. Chiao Copyright 2025
468 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

468 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

468 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book provides novel insights into the study of empirical computational approaches in the field of cultural neuroscience. It discusses and analyses topics such as cultural intelligence, cultural machine learning, cultural brain dynamics and cultural security. This comprehensive text engages with computational principles to guide the research on the influence of cultural environments on... Read more

1. Computational Cultural Neuroscience – Computational Approaches to Cultural
Neuroscience

Introduction

Discussions

Conclusion

2. Cultural Computation

Introduction

Cultural Computation

Cultural Mental Computation

Cultural Machine Computation

Cultural Neurocomputation

Culture, Mind and Machines

Culture and Machine Functionalism

Culture as a Causal System

Cultural Mental Property

Cultural Physical Property

Culture and computation

Discussion

Conclusion

3. Cultural-Mental Computation

Introduction

Cultural mental computation

The cultural mind as a computing machine

Cultural mental causation

Functionalism of culture and the mind

Culture as a psychological realizer

Cultural affective computation

Cultural cognitive computation

Cultural social computation

Discussion

Conclusion

Implications

4. Cultural Machine Computation

Introduction

Cultural Machine Computation

Culture and Machine State Functionalism

Culture as Functional States

Culture as a Biological Computing Machine

The Cultural Computer as Machine Computation

Practical Applications

Discussion

Conclusion

Implications

References

5. Cultural Neurocomputation

Introduction

Culture as a Physical Realizer

Biological Organisms as a Cultural Species

The Cultural Brain Hypothesis

Computational Principles of Cortical Brain Organization

Cultural Neurocomputation

Cultural Neural Networks

Cultural Affective Neural Networks

Cultural Cognitive Neural Networks

Cultural Social Neural Networks

The Cortical Brain Dynamics of Culture

Discussion

Conclusion

6. Cultural Neural Networks

Introduction

The Biology and Culture of Behavior

Computational Principles of Cortical Brain Networks

Cultural Neural Networks

Cultural Affective Neural Networks

Cultural Cognitive Neural Networks

Cultural Social Neural Networks

Culture and Cortical Brain Dynamics

Discussion

Conclusion

Implications

7. Cultural Brain Dynamics

Introduction

Functional Architecture of the Cultural Brain

Computational Principles of Cortical Brain Dynamics

Computational Approaches to Cultural Brain Dynamics

Cultural Brain Dynamics

Cultural Brain Dynamics of Emotion

Cultural Brain Dynamics of Cognition

Cultural Brain Dynamics of Social Processing

Culture and Autonomous Brain Dynamics

Discussion

Conclusion

Implications

8. Cultural Machine Learning

Introduction

Culture as Minds and Machines

Culture as Computation

The Cultural Mind as a Statistical Engine

The Cultural Brain as an Inference Machine

Functional Architecture of the Cultural Brain

Cultural Machine Learning

Conceptual Foundations

Methodological Foundations

Computational Modeling of Cultural Neural Networks

Computational Modeling of Cultural Brain Dynamics

Practical Applications

Discussion

Conclusion

Implications

References

9. Cultural Connectome

Introduction

Computational Principles of Cortical Brain Organization

The Brain Basis of Culture

Cultural Brain Dynamics

Computational Foundations of Cultural Brain Dynamics

Cultural Connectome

Conceptual Foundations

Methodological Foundations

Computational Approaches to the Cultural Connectome

Practical Applications

Discussion

Conclusion

Implications

Reference

10. Culture and Technology

Introduction

Translational Research on Computational Cultural Neuroscience for Practice and Policy

Culture and Technology

Conceptual Framework on Culture and Technology

Research and Development on Culture and Technology

Scientific and Technological Innovation on Culture and Technology

Culture and Technology in Health and Medicine

Culture and Technology as Health Promotion

Practical Applications

Discussion

Conclusion

Implications

Reference

11. Cultural Intelligence

Introduction

Evolutionary Cultural Neuroscience

The Biology and Culture of Behavior

The Cultural Brain Hypothesis

Culture as Inference and Reason

Cultural Intelligence

Conceptual Foundations of Cultural Intelligence

Methodological Foundations of Cultural Intelligence

Empirical Foundations of Cultural Intelligence

The Brain Basis of Cultural Intelligence

Cultural Machine Intelligence

Culture and Complex Systems

Cultural Computation of Real and Artificial Systems

Practical Applications

Discussion

Conclusion

Implications

12. Computational Cultural Neuroscience and Public Policy

Introduction

Translational Research on Computational Cultural Neuroscience

Policy Framework on Computational Cultural Neuroscience

Computational Cultural Neuroscience and Public Policy

Evidence-Based Approaches to Computational Cultural Neuroscience

Evidence-Based Research on Computational Cultural Neuroscience

Evidence-Based Resources on Computational Cultural Neuroscience

Policy-Based Approaches to Computational Cultural Neuroscience

Policy-Based Research on Computational Cultural Neuroscience

Discussion

Conclusion

Implications  

Biography

Joan Y. Chiao is the Director of the International Cultural Neuroscience Consortium and the Director of the International Consortium for Computational Cultural Neuroscience. She received her Ph.D. from Harvard University and B.S. from Stanford University. Her research on computational cultural neuroscience examines the computational principles of cultural processes in the structure and function of the nervous system.