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Bobby K. Cheon
Researcher at Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Publications - 61
Citations - 1457
Bobby K. Cheon is an academic researcher from Agency for Science, Technology and Research. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Cultural neuroscience. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 46 publications receiving 1078 citations. Previous affiliations of Bobby K. Cheon include Nanyang Technological University & Northwestern University.
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Focal brain damage protects against post-traumatic stress disorder in combat veterans
Michael Koenigs,Edward D. Huey,Vanessa Raymont,Bobby K. Cheon,Jeffrey Solomon,Eric M. Wassermann,Jordan Grafman +6 more
TL;DR: A substantially reduced occurrence of PTSD is found among those individuals with damage to one of two regions of the brain: the vmPFC and an anterior temporal area that included the amygdala.
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Cultural influences on neural basis of intergroup empathy
Bobby K. Cheon,Dong-Mi Im,Tokiko Harada,Ji-Sook Kim,Vani A. Mathur,Jason M. Scimeca,Todd B. Parrish,HyunWook Park,Joan Y. Chiao +8 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that cultural variations in preference for social hierarchy leads to cultural variation in ingroup-preferences in empathy, due to increased engagement of brain regions associated with representing and inferring the mental states of others.
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Cultural Neuroscience: Progress and Promise
TL;DR: A brief history of cultural neuroscience, theoretical, and methodological advances, as well as empirical evidence of the promise of and progress in the field are provided, and implications for population health disparities and public policy are discussed.
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Mere experience of low subjective socioeconomic status stimulates appetite and food intake.
Bobby K. Cheon,Ying-yi Hong +1 more
TL;DR: The results demonstrate that among humans, the experience of low social class may contribute to preferences and behaviors that risk excess energy intake and suggest that psychological and physiological systems regulating appetite may also be sensitive to subjective feelings of deprivation for critical nonfood resources.
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How USA-Centric Is Psychology? An Archival Study of Implicit Assumptions of Generalizability of Findings to Human Nature Based on Origins of Study Samples:
TL;DR: For example, the authors concluded that human behavior is primarily based upon observations from western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic (WEIRD) samples, especially from the United States.