Attending holistically versus analytically: Comparing the context sensitivity of Japanese and Americans

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 922-934

  Masuda, Takahiko ^a   Nisbett, Richard E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; JAPAN; PERCEPTION; RECALL; SOCIALIZATION; THINKING; UNITED STATES; VISION;

ATTENTION; COGNITION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MENTAL RECALL; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIALIZATION; THINKING; UNITED STATES; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 85047683103     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.81.5.922     Document Type: Article

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