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According to a new study, culture affects the way we experience the world around us. Physiologically, all races are the same. But cognitively, we couldn’t be more different. Some of the studies findings include:

• North Americans try to identify the single important thing that is key to making a decision, whereas in East Asia they really care about the context.
• For North Americans, the foreground is all-important.
• North Americans overestimate their own distinctiveness. East Asians do not.

Learn more about the fascinating research and discover if your brain is East or West at AdBusters.

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