Why Asians and Westerners who see things differently

The culture can only language and customs, but also how people live in the world surprisingly basic levels, new research has revealed the brain.

Researchers using brain scans shocking revealed differences in perception between Westerners and Asians, what do you see when you look at a city street, for example, or even how they perceive a simple line in a square, according to findings published in a leading scientific journals .

In Western countries, theCulture conditions people to think of themselves as highly independent entities. If you look at the scene, Westerners are more prone to central objects and their surroundings to concentrate.

East Asian cultures stress interdependence, however. If you see an oriental scene, tend to focus on the context and activity.

analogy to explain with the help of a camera on the results of the research, said Dr. Denise Park of the Center for Brain Health Research at the University of Texas at Dallas,"Americans are more zoom and the East Asians are more panoramic, more likely to see East and West probably sees less, but in the details."

The research of Dr. Trey Hedden and John Gabrieli, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has conducted shows that such deeply ingrained habits of thought in the minds of East Asians and Americans, even if dealing with simple tasks, estimating the length of a line run.

An experimentwith two tasks, ask Dr. Hedderich look at a subject line only for its length, a task to assess the strengths of American plays. In another, have estimated the length of the line relative to the size of a square, a task easier for Asians.

The level of neural activity by tracking blood flow were then measured with the brain-scanning device. The experiment showed that although there wee no difference in performance, the functions would be very easy, the level of activity in the brains of subjects'different. This suggests that the effort differently.

For Americans, are areas that require attention shines more when they find the task tended to work more - Assessment of the size of the line in proportion to the square.

For Asians, the areas of focus most on during the most difficult task and - the estimated length of the line without a comparison with the place. The results are a reflection of more than ten years of previous experimental research in East-WestDifferences.

In one study, for example, the researchers offered people a choice of five pins, four red and one green. Orientals were more likely to choose a red pen and Westerners were more likely to choose the green.

In experiments to measure how well eight years could solve the puzzle for American children had to solve the puzzle that they had chosen their best. Asian children better results if the puzzle has been said is interesting to solveelected by their mothers.

And with the test for the underwater scenes in the West has recently seen more mention of the biggest fish, while Ostler remembered more about the background scene.

The new research promises new precision to add to previous work. In their study, Professor Gabrieli said the scan showed not only differences in the task of brain and square-line, but also allows researchers are beginning to ask to go since such differences.

Depending on theWhat area of the brain were activated during the tasks, it is assumed that everyone sees the same thing, but it can be different filter.

Culture is not interested, as you see the world, but how to interpret and internalize it. But these habits can be changed. Some initial studies suggest that when a psychological East Goes West or vice versa in the habits of thinking and perception begin to change, too. This research gives us information about how our brain works and newPromise for us to develop programs to improve our memory, memory techniques and speed up our ability to learn.