Mind Focus in Western White Cultures, Behavior Focus in East Asian Cultures: An Integrative Review

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<p>One fundamental characteristic of humans is that we have both “exteriors” (i.e., behavior) and “interiors” (i.e., mental states). This distinction between the mind and behavior is critical for our understanding of human nature, bearing consequences for moral deliberation, societal functioning, and social lives in general. Culture influences the extent to which people attend to mental states and behaviors. In th...

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• Biological Evolution
• Communicable Disease Control
• Culture
• Delivery of Health Care
• Ecology
• Evolution, Molecular
• Language
• Phenotype

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338c3b9d-a806-5ea3-9274-3bd83caba56f

DOI

10.31234/osf.io/gs2q4_v1