How culture influences perspective taking: Differences in correction, not integration

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue DEC, 2013, Pages

  Wu, Shali ^a,b   Barr, Dale J ^c   Gann, Timothy M ^d   Keysar, Boaz ^e  

^a Tsinghua University   (China)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambiguity; Comprehension; Cultural differences; Perspective taking; Reference

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHINESE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; EYE TRACKING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSPECTIVE TAKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84889685858     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00822     Document Type: Article

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