Culturecanaffectnotjustlanguageandcustomsbutalsohowpeopleexperiencetheworldonsurprisinglybasiclevels.
Researcherswiththehelpofbrainscanshave1shockingdifferencesinperceptionbetweenWesternersandAsianswhattheyseewhentheylookatacitystreetforexampleorevenhowtheyare2ofasimplelineinasquareaccordingtofindingspublishedina(n)3sciencejournal.
InWesterncountriesculturemakespeoplethinkofthemselvesashighly4entities.WhenlookingatscenesWesternerstendtofocusmoreoncentralobjectsthanontheirsurroundings.EastAsiancultureshowever5inter-dependenceWhenEasternerslookatascenetheytendtofocusonthesurroundingsaswellastheobject.
Usinganexperiment6twotasksDr.HeddenaskedsubjectstolookatalinesimplytoestimateitslengthataskthatplayedtoAmerican’s7.Inanothertheyestimatedtheline’slengthrelativetothesizeofasquareaneasiertaskfortheAsian.
Thelevelofbrainactivityby8bloodflowwasthenmeasuredbyBrainScanners.Theexperimentfoundthatalthoughtherewasnodifferenceinperformanceandthetaskswereveryeasythelevelsofactivityinthesubjects’brainwere9.FortheAmericansareas10toattentionweremorefavorabletothemwhentheyworkedonthetasktheytendedtofindmoredifficult---estimatingtheline’ssizerelativetothesquare.Thefindingsarea11ofmorethantenyearsofpreviousexperimentalresearchintoEast-Westdifferences.
Inonestudyforinstanceresearchers12peopleachoiceamongfivepens;fourredandonegreen.EasternersweremorelikelytochoosearedpenandWesternersweremorelikelytochoosethegreenone.
Culturedoesnotonlymakea(n)13onhowyouseetheworldbuthowyouchoosetounderstandandinternalizeit.Butsuchhabitscanbechanged.SomepsychologicalstudiessuggestthatwhenanEasternergoestotheWestorviceversahabitsofthoughtandperceptionalsobegintochange.Suchresearchgivesus14tohowourbrainworksandholdsnewpromisesforustodevelopprogramstoimproveourmemorytechniquesand15ourlearningskills.
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