Development of cultural strategies of attention in North American and Japanese children

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 351-359

  Duffy, Sean ^a   Toriyama, Rie ^b   Itakura, Shoji ^b   Kitayama, Shinobu ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognition; Culture; Framed Line Test; US Japan cultural comparison

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LEARNING; MALE; SEMANTICS; UNITED STATES;

ATTENTION; CHILD; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LEARNING; MALE; SEMANTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60249101073     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2008.06.006     Document Type: Article

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