Culture differences do change non-social parts of your brain as well
While reading worldculturenet, I saw a link from Greg Helden’s blog discussing a Stanford-MIT-University of New York at Stony Brook study that shows differences in how visual information is processed in Americans and East Asians. (The MIT press release can be found here. The reference for those of you with access is Hedden, T., Ketay, S., Aron, A., Markus, H. R., & Gabrieli, J. D. E. (2008). Cultural Influences on Neural Substrates of Attentional Control. Psychological Science, 19, 12-17.) The abstract follows:
Behavioral research has shown that people
from Western cultural contexts perform better on tasks
emphasizing independent (absolute) dimensions than on
tasks emphasizing interdependent (relative) dimensions,
whereas the reverse is true for people from East Asian
contexts. We assessed functional magnetic resonance imaging
responses during performance of simple visuospatial
tasks in which participants made absolute judgments (ignoring
visual context) or relative judgments (taking visual
context into account). In each group, activation in frontal
and parietal brain regions known to be associated with
attentional control was greater during culturally nonpreferred
judgments than during culturally preferred
judgments. Also, within each group, activation differences
in these regions correlated strongly with scores on questionnaires
measuring individual differences in culturetypical
identity. Thus, the cultural background of an individual
and the degree to which the individual endorses
cultural values moderate activation in brain networks
engaged during even simple visual and attentional tasks.
Although it’s not exactly news that you think about things differently in each culture, it’s interesting that it impacts visual data processing. I wonder how a TCK from across such a culture divide does? Would they do well on both? Would it depend on the language used by the researchers in giving instructions and explanations? Do we literally see differently depending on in which home we are?
Trackback Link…
[...]Here are some of the sites we recommend for our visitors[...]…
btjunkie download…
[...]below you’ll find the link to some sites that we think you should visit btjunkie download[...]……
Sources…
[...]here are some links to sites that we link to because we think they are worth visiting[...]…
isohunt music download…
[...]here are some links to sites that we link to because we think they are worth visiting isohunt music download[...]……
nero free…
[...]just beneath, are numerous totally not related sites to ours, however, they are surely worth going over nero free[...]……
adobe photoshop cs5…
[...]always a big fan of linking to bloggers that I love but don’t get a lot of link love from adobe photoshop cs5[...]……
free microsoft points…
[...]Sites of interest we have a link to free microsoft points[...]……
ares free download…
[...] Every once in a while we choose blogs that we read. Listed below are the latest sites that we choose ares free download[...]……
toronto escorts…
[...] Every once in a while we choose blogs that we read. Listed below are the latest sites that we choose toronto escorts [...]……
ccleaner download…
[...] Every once in a while we choose blogs that we read. Listed below are the latest sites that we choose ccleaner download [...]……
vlc media player…
[...] Every once in a while we choose blogs that we read. Listed below are the latest sites that we choose vlc media player [...]……
frostwire download…
[...] Every once in a while we choose blogs that we read. Listed below are the latest sites that we choose frostwire download [...]……
download audacity…
[...] Every once in a while we choose blogs that we read. Listed below are the latest sites that we choose download audacity [...]……
malwarebytes download…
[...] Every once in a while we choose blogs that we read. Listed below are the latest sites that we choose malwarebytes download [...]……
Check These Out…
[...]check below, are some totally unrelated websites to ours, however, they are most trustworthy sources that we use[...]…
Websites You Should Visit…
[...]very few websites that happen to be detailed below, from our point of view are undoubtedly well worth checking out[...]…
[...] that is the end of this article. Here you’ll find some sites that we think you’ll appreciate, just click the links over[...]……
[...] Every once in a while we choose blogs that we read. Listed below are the latest sites that we choose [...]……
[...] that is the end of this article. Here you’ll find some sites that we think you’ll appreciate, just click the links over[...]……
[...] Every once in a while we choose blogs that we read. Listed below are the latest sites that we choose [...]……
open office…
[...] Every once in a while we choose blogs that we read. Listed below are the latest sites that we choose open office[...]……
avg free download…
[...] Every once in a while we choose blogs that we read. Listed below are the latest sites that we choose avg free download[...]……
Kamasz…
[...]here are some links to sites that we link to because we think they are worth visiting[...]…