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APS Virtual Poster Showcase

Where Cultural Thought Style Comes from—and Why You Should Care

Sunday, May 24, 2020 · Virtual

Oral · Social

We know that how people think differs across cultures. But how do these differences start, and how do these difference change people's lives? Zooming from the brain to childhood, four talks present new evidence for how culture gets into our thought and how it changes our lived experience.

Chairs & Discussants

  • Thomas TalhelmChair
    University of Chicago

Presentations

  1. Holistic Thought across Age in China: All Are Born "Rice Farmers," but Some Become Wheat FarmersThomas Talhelm
  2. fMRI Patterns Reveal Holistic Thought Is More Spontaneous Than Analytic ThoughtYuanxi Li
  3. Holistic Thinking and Aesthetics: Perceiving Beauty in TransienceYuri Miyaomoto
  4. People in China Think Differently about the Collective Future from AmericansAdam Putnam