Can culture shape the way our brains process visual information? Perhaps, according to a recent New Scientist article.
Volunteers saw series of images, with some differing in the foreground and others in the background images.
Researchers found that the brains of older East Asian people respond less strongly to changes in the foreground of images than those of their Western counterparts. They suggest this difference is due to an increased emphasis on the background, or context, of images in some Asian cultures.
Perhaps that's why souvenirs look so much better in the store than when we bring them home from our travels....
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