{"product_id":"socially-wired-matthew-schelke-9780231222273","title":"Socially Wired: How Culture Shapes Our Brains","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom birth, our brains are shaped by other people--in our families, schools, workplaces, neighborhoods, countries, and cultures. These social worlds make us who we are, but how this process works remains mysterious on a neural level. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSocially Wired\u003c\/i\u003e, Matthew W. Schelke uses the stories of patients with neurological illness to show how social and cultural environments transform the brain. In the neurology clinic, the experiences of patients with the same illness can vary tremendously depending on their backgrounds, providing a window onto the complex interactions between brain and culture. Through cases ranging from an amateur chef who suddenly stopped cooking to an art lover who was removed from a gallery for touching the art, Schelke explores what neurological injury can reveal about social and cultural behavior. He demonstrates how specific practices--shared emotion, apprenticeship learning, imagination, language, art, and collective memory--shape neural networks, the experiences of patients, and ultimately our encultured minds. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGoing beyond neuroscience, \u003ci\u003eSocially Wired\u003c\/i\u003e integrates insights from anthropology to philosophy to ecological psychology. Highlighting patient stories, this book illuminates how the brain wires us to participate in culture and how, in turn, culture rewires the brain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew Schelke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231222270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231222273\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Matthew Schelke","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48447127945471,"sku":"9780231222273","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1bb9cecd-ef0d-43fd-8b1d-38feebeed4a3.jpg?v=1777229014","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/socially-wired-matthew-schelke-9780231222273","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}