Cultural Differences in Strategic Behavior: A Study in Computational Estimation

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1294-1301

  Imbo, Ineke ^a   LeFevre, Jo Anne ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computational estimation; Cultural differences; Executive functions; Language; Strategy adaptivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052834639     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024070     Document Type: Article

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