In contemporary cognitive sciences, neuroanthropology studies how the interaction of culture and biology effects the development of human brain and behavior. The neurological perspective on the human brain suggests that the evolutionary framework of human culture is rooted in a pre-existing primate neural system. Neurological mechanisms with positive emotions are the basis for shamanism, yoga and meditation .The influence of cultural variation in neuroplasticity is in its infancy. The role of culture in neuroplasticity extends throughout human brain evolution. Therefore the role of metabolic stress is required to understand the relation of empathy and other social emotions to somatic states. Hence, investigation of traditional cultures on brain is done
by studying the levels of physical activity and caloric intake through indirect methods which makes use of physical anthropology techniques.
Pattern of neurodynamics has been studied among ethnic groups in India and has been found that the thinking pattern remain almost same till the age of thirty one in both the genders and there is little differences in feelings in both the gender till middle age