Handbook of Culture and Biology

José M. Causadias is Assistant Professor of Psychology at Arizona State University. He researches how the interplay of cultural and biological processes shapes the development of psychopathology and health and well-being. Eva H. Telzer is an Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. She researches how cultural processes shape brain development, with a focus on family and peer relationships and long-term psychological well-being. Nancy A. Gonzales is Foundation Professor of Psychology at Arizona State University. She studies the role of culture in children's development, psychopathology and resilience.

• Biographical Notes ixForeword: On Culture and Biology xviiPreface: Why Culture and Biology? xxiiiPart I General Issues in Culture and Biology Interplay1 Introduction to Culture and Biology Interplay 3Jose M. Causadias, Eva H. Telzer, and Nancy A. Gonzales2 Integrating Culture and Biology in Psychological Research: Conceptual Clarifications and Recommendations 31Moin Syed and Ummul-Kiram Kathawalla3 Understanding Religion from Cultural and Biological Perspectives 55Stefanie B. Northover and Adam B. CohenPart II Animal Culture4 Introduction to Animal Culture: Is Culture Uniquely Human? 81Charles T. Snowdon5 Comparing and Contrasting Primate and Cetacean Culture 105Jennifer Botting, Erica van deWaal, and Luke Rendell6 Cultural Phenomena in Cooperatively Breeding Primates 129Charles T. SnowdonPart III Cultural Genomics7 How Are Genes Related to Culture? An Introduction to the Field of Cultural Genomics 153Jose M. Causadias and Kevin M. Korous8 Dual Inheritance, Cultural Transmission, and Niche Construction 179Michael J. O’Brien and R. Alexander Bentley9 How the Study of Religion and Culture Informs Genetics and Vice Versa 203Ronda F. Lo and Joni Y. SasakiPart IV Cultural Neurobiology10 An Introduction to Cultural Neurobiology: Evidence from Physiological Stress Systems 227Leah D. Doane, Michael R. Sladek, and Emma K. Adam11 Relations among Culture, Poverty, Stress, and Allostatic Load 255Stacey N. Doan and Gary W. Evans12 Biological Consequences of Unfair Treatment: A Theoretical and Empirical Review 279Anthony D. Ong, Saarang Deshpande, and David R.Williams13 Cultural Experiences, Social Ties, and Stress: Focusing on the HPA Axis 317Shu-wenWang and Belinda Campos14 Cultural Influences on Parasympathetic Activity 345LaBarron K. Hill and Lori S. Hoggard15 Neurobiology of Stress and Drug Use Vulnerability in Culturally Diverse Communities 369EzemenariM. Obasi, Kristin A.Wilborn, Lucia Cavanagh, Sandra Yan, and Ewune EwanePart V Cultural Neuroscience16 An Introduction to Cultural Neuroscience 399Lynda C. Lin and Eva H. Telzer17 Neurobiological Causes and Consequences of Cultural Differences in Social Cognition 421Meghan L. Meyer18 Culture and Self–Other Overlap in Neural Circuits 443Michael E.W. Varnum and Ryan S. Hampton19 Developmental Cultural Neuroscience: Progress and Prospect 465Yang Qu and Eva H. TelzerIndex 489