Neuro-anthropology?

[shan]

>>Wrote edh at wilde.oit.umass.edu (Ted) on Thu Oct 30 18:37:44 1997:
>>
>>> I'm thinking of entering the field of neuroscience with a
>>> slight twist...  I'd like to explore ways in which physiological
>>> psychology might be able to shed light on social phenomena (hence,
>>> my posting to sci.anthropology rather than bionet.neuroscience).
>>> Has this sort of approach been tried, and, if so, can anyone provide
>>> some good references?

Hmmmm...  Your mention of anthropology brings to mind the work of Terrence
Deacon, author of _The Symbolic Species_ (1997).  Deacon is an
anthropologist and a neurobiologist.  I am not familiar with his work, but
maybe it might be worth looking into.  

All the best, 
scb


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