Main description:

This collection includes research on engineering robots for emotional interaction, the vulnerability of soldiers to post-traumatic stress disorder, cognitive dimensions of political and science communication, sports coaching across cultures, intergenerational health problems in Aboriginal populations, the political economy of addiction treatment, the impact of poverty on the developing brain, psychiatric care for Nepali Bhutanese refugees, and how culture and institutions affect psychosis. These cases show how a holistic approach to neural development and structure in social contexts provides a powerful new way to apply anthropology.

Contents:

Neuroanthropology and Its Applications: An Introduction Daniel H. Lende and Greg Downey Cultural Variation in Rugby Skills: A Preliminary Neuroanthropological Report Greg Downey Sensical Translations: Three Case Studies in Applied Cognitive Communications Eric H. Lindland and Nathaniel Kendall-Taylor Empathy and the Robot: A Neuroanthropological Analysis Katie Glaskin Applying Nepali Ethnopsychology to Psychotherapy for the Treatment of Mental Illness and Prevention of Suicide among Bhutanese Refugees Brandon A. Kohrt, Sujen M. Maharjan, Damber Timsina, and James Griffith Toward an Applied Neuroanthropology of Psychosis: The Interplay of Culture, Brains, and Experience Neely Anne Laurenzo Myers Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Neuroanthropology: Stopping PTSD before it Begins Gina L. Collura and Daniel H. Lende Life History and Real Life: An Example of Neuroanthropology in Aboriginal Australia Victoria K. Burbank From White Bullets to Black Markets and Greened Medicine: The Neuroeconomics and Neuroracial Politics of Opioid Pharmaceuticals Helena Hansen and Mary E. Skinner Poverty Poisons the Brain Daniel H. Lende Additional Material Biosketches of Contributors