Self-centered cultures narrow your viewpoint. New Scientist

Self-centered cultures narrow your viewpoint
14:06 12 July 2007
NewScientist.com news service
Roxanne Khamsi

In a new psychological experiment, Chinese students outperformed their US counterparts when ask to infer another person's perspective. The researchers say the findings help explain how misunderstandings can occur in cross-cultural communication.
In the experiment, psychologists Boaz Keysar and Shali Wu at the University of Chicago, Illinois, US, recruited 40 students. Half of the volunteers were non-Asians who had grown up in the US, and the other half were native Mandarin speakers who had very recently emigrated from various parts of China.

Self-centered cultures narrow your viewpoint