Exposure to an urban environment alters the local bias of a remote culture

Cognition

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 80-85

  Caparos, Serge ^a   Ahmed, Lubna ^a   Bremner, Andrew J ^a   de Fockert, Jan W ^a   Linnell, Karina J ^a   Davidoff, Jules ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross cultural differences; Environmental effects; Perceptual style; Social organization; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CULTURAL BIAS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUSION; JAPANESE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CULTURE; ENVIRONMENT; FAR EAST; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAMIBIA; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; URBAN POPULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81055157757     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: 18737838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2011.08.013     Document Type: Article

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