Biased cognition in East Asian and Western cultures

English version

Autoři: Jenny Yiend ^aff001; Julia André ^aff002; Louise Smith ^aff001; Lu Hua Chen ^aff003; Timothea Toulopoulou ^aff003; Eric Chen ^aff002; Pak Sham ^aff002; Brian Parkinson ^aff004
Působiště autorů: King’s College London, London, England, United Kingdom ^aff001; Department of Psychiatry, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong ^aff002; Department of Psychology, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong ^aff003; Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, England, United Kingdom ^aff004
Vyšlo v časopise: PLoS ONE 14(10)
Kategorie: Research Article
doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223358

Souhrn

The majority of cognitive bias research has been conducted in Western cultures. We examined cross-cultural differences in cognitive biases, comparing Westerners’ and East Asians’ performance and acculturation following migration to the opposite culture. Two local (UK, Hong Kong) and four migrant (short-term and long-term migrants to each culture) samples completed culturally validated tasks measuring attentional and interpretation bias. Hong Kong residents were more positively biased than people living in the UK on several measures, consistent with the lower prevalence of psychological disorders in East Asia. Migrants to the UK had reduced positive biases on some tasks, while migrants to Hong Kong were more positive, compared to their respective home counterparts, consistent with acculturation in attention and interpretation biases. These data illustrate the importance of cultural validation of findings and, if replicated, would have implications for the mental health and well-being of migrants.

Klíčová slova:

Attention – Cognition – Cognitive psychology – Cross-cultural studies – Culture – Emotions – Mental health and psychiatry – Hong Kong

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