What Simon "knows" about cultural differences: The influence of cultural orientation and traffic directionality on spatial compatibility effects.

ABSTRACT: Previous research has suggested that culture influences perception and attention. These studies have typically involved comparisons of Westerners with East Asians, motivated by assumed differences in the cultures' self-concept or position on the individualism-collectivism spectrum. However, other potentially important sources of cultural variance have been neglected, such as differences in traffic directionality shaped by the urban spatial environment (i.e., left-hand vs. right-hand traffic). Thus, existing research may potentially place too much emphasis on self-concepts or the individualism-collectivism dimension in explaining observed cultural differences in cognition. The present study investigated spatial cognition using a Simon task and tested participants from four nations (Australi

SUBMITTER: Baess P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9992257 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature