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01/13/2008: "Different cultures make different brains"

People from different cultures use their brains differently to solve the same visual perceptual tasks, researchers report in the first brain imaging study of its kind. Psychological research has established that American culture, which values the individual, emphasizes the independence of objects from their contexts, while East Asian societies emphasize the collective and the contextual interdependence of objects. Behavioral studies have shown that these cultural differences can influence memory and even perception. But are they reflected in brain activity patterns?

[ No surprises here. ]

http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/215056571/080111102934.htm