Holism in a European cultural context: Differences in cognitive style between Central and East Europeans and Westerners

Journal of Cognition and Culture

Volumn 8, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 321-333

  Varnum, Michael E W ^a   Grossmann, Igor ^a   Katunar, Daniela ^b   Nisbett, Richard E ^a   Kitayama, Shinobu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Central Europe; Cross cultural differences; Eastern Europe; Holistic vs. Analytic thought; Western Europe

Indexed keywords

EID: 63849253925     PISSN: 15677095     EISSN: 15685373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853708X358209     Document Type: Article

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