BACKGROUND A series of preliminary research projects on plants used in Calabria (Southern Italy) in veterinary science and in other ethno-botanical fields (minor nourishment, domestic and handicraft sector) was carried out in the last twenty years. From the ethno-botanical point of view, Calabria is one of the most interesting region, since in the ancient times it was subject to the dominant cu...

In this chapter, the conceptual basis for the use of the implicit cognition paradigm in the acculturation domain is discussed. In particular, it is argued that the process of acculturation occurs in conscious (explicit) modes, but also in non-conscious (implicit) modes. In addition, implicit cognitions derived from such non-conscious processes may play an important role in determining the accul...