Biological and cultural factors of asymmetries in cognitive functions

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24530923
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Experimental psychology
• Research Institution: Senshu University
• Principal Investigator: MATIA Okubo 専修大学, 人間科学部, 教授 (40433859)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 文化比較 / 左右差 / 利き手 / 注意 / 読みの習慣

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The present study investigated cultural differences in cognitive and behavioral asymmetries. Comparisons between three nations (Japan, Norway, and Australia) revealed the cultural influences on the asymmetries with biological basis such as handedness. In addition, we found that differences in self-construal between East Asian and European and European descendants (i.e., Australians) modified the size of attentional asymmetries observed in behavioral measures. These results suggest that the direction of cognitive and behavioral asymmetries was determined by the interaction of cultural and biological factors.

Free Research Field

実験心理学