How Does Social Context Influence Our Brain and Behavior?
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1Laboratory of Experimental Psychology and Neuroscience (LPEN), Institute of Cognitive and Translational Neuroscience (INCYT), INECO Foundation, Favaloro University, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina, 3Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia, 4Faculty of Education, National University of Cuyo (UNCuyo), Mendoza, Argentina, 5Universidad Autónoma del Caribe, Barranquilla, Colombia, 6Laboratory of Neuroscience, Adolfo Ibáñez University, Santiago, Chile, 7Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders, Australian Research Council (ACR), Sydney, NSW, Australia
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