Cross-cultural differences in perceptual learning

Cross-Cultural Differences in the Input to Early Word Learning

Young English learners typically have vocabularies dominated by nouns, while their Mandarin learning counterparts have relatively more verbs. Novice language learners must initially learn words from the situational contexts in which they appear, since they have limited access to syntactic or semantic context. These studies explore whether differences in these situational contexts could account ...

Cross-Cultural Differences and Learning Technologies for the Developing World

Culture and perception 1 Running head: CULTURAL DIFFERENCES IN PERCEPTUAL REORGANIZATION Cultural differences in photo-triggered perceptual reorganization

Visual illusions and other perceptual phenomena can be used as tools to uncover the otherwise hidden constructive processes that give rise to perception. Although many perceptual processes are assumed to be universal, variable susceptibility to certain illusions and perceptual effects across populations suggests a role for factors that vary culturally. One striking phenomenon is the deficient r...

Cross-Cultural Differences and Pragmatic Transfer in English and Persian Refusals

This study aimed to examine cross-cultural differences in performing refusal of requests between Persian native speakers (PNSs) and English native speakers (ENSs) in terms of the frequency of the semantic formulas. Also examined in this study was whether Persian EFL learners would transfer their L1 refusal patterns into the L2, and if there would be a relation between their proficiency level an...

Cross-Cultural Differences in Categorical Memory Errors

Cultural differences occur in the use of categories to aid accurate recall of information. This study investigated whether culture also contributed to false (erroneous) memories, and extended cross-cultural memory research to Turkish culture, which is shaped by Eastern and Western influences. Americans and Turks viewed word pairs, half of which were categorically related and half unrelated. Par...