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- Title
Biased cognition in East Asian and Western cultures.
- Authors
Yiend, Jenny; André, Julia; Smith, Louise; Chen, Lu Hua; Toulopoulou, Timothea; Chen, Eric; Sham, Pak; Parkinson, Brian
- Abstract
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.
- Subjects
HONG Kong (China); UNITED Kingdom; EAST Asian civilization; ATTENTIONAL bias; COGNITIVE bias; CROSS-cultural differences; COGNITION
- Publication
PLoS ONE, 2019, Vol 14, Issue 10, p1
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0223358