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Culture, executive function, and social understanding

Year: 2009

Type: article

Abstract: Much of the evidence from the West has shown links between children's developing self-control (executive function), their social experiences, and their social understanding (Carpendale & Lewis, 2006, chapters 5 and 6), across a range of cultures including China. This chapter describes four studies conducted in three Oriental cultures, suggesting that the relationships among social interaction, executive function, and social understanding are different in these cultures, implying that social and executive skills are underpinned by key cultural processes.

Source: New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development

DOI: 10.1002/cd.236

Authors: Charlie Lewis, Masuo Koyasu, Seungmi Oh, Ayako Ogawa, Benjamin Short, Zhao Huang

Institutions: Lancaster University, Kyoto University

Language: English

Topic: Child and Animal Learning Development

Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: Economic and Social Research Council

Awards: G3324899703, The Lancaster-Warwick-Stirling node: Developing statistical modelling in the social sciences Phase 2