Aging and Wisdom: Culture Matters

Psychological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1059-1066

  Grossmann, Igor ^a   Karasawa, Mayumi ^b   Izumi, Satoko ^c   Na, Jinkyung ^d   Varnum, Michael E W ^e   Kitayama, Shinobu ^f   Nisbett, Richard E ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b TOKYO WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^e PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

adult development; aging; cognitive ability; cognitive development; conflict resolution; cross cultural differences; culture; reasoning; wisdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867655346     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797612446025     Document Type: Article

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