Beyond cognitive deficits: how social class shapes social cognition.
cognition
culture
social class
social neuroscience
Journal
Trends in cognitive sciences
ISSN: 1879-307X
Titre abrégé: Trends Cogn Sci
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9708669
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
06 2023
06 2023
Historique:
received:
10
01
2023
revised:
09
03
2023
accepted:
14
03
2023
medline:
15
5
2023
pubmed:
9
4
2023
entrez:
8
4
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Lower social class is thought to contribute to poorer executive functioning and working memory. Nevertheless, lower social class individuals consistently outperform their higher-class counterparts on social cognitive tasks that rely on similar underlying cognitive processes (e.g., working memory and executive functioning). Why would lower social class inhibit such processes in one domain, but promote them in another? We argue that features of lower-class communities (e.g., resource scarcity) promote social cognition via cultural processes. We then argue that social cognition involves partially unique task and neural demands that are separate from nonsocial cognition. We conclude that unique task and neural demands, together with the distinctive cognitive proclivities of lower- and higher-class cultures, can explain variable associations between social class and cognitive functioning.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37031013
pii: S1364-6613(23)00066-9
doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2023.03.004
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
528-538Informations de copyright
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Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of interests The authors declare no conflicts of interest.