Friday, January 18, 2008
Cultural differences alter the brain
New research shows that people from different cultures use their brains differently to solve basic perceptual tasks. Neuroscientists asked Americans and East Asians to solve basic shape puzzles while in a brain scanner. American brains had to work harder at relative judgments, while East Asian brains found absolute judgments more challenging.
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