Article alert: Cultural differences in the development of processing speed

AU Kail, RV
McBride-Chang, C
Ferrer, E
Cho, JR
Shu, H
AF Kail, Robert V.
McBride-Chang, Catherine
Ferrer, Emilio
Cho, Jeung-Ryeul
Shu, Hua
TI Cultural differences in the development of processing speed
SO DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE
AB The aim of the present work was to examine cultural differences in the
development of speed of information processing. Four samples of US
children (N=509) and four samples of East Asian children (N=661)
completed psychometric measures of processing speed on two occasions.
Analyses of the longitudinal data indicated that, although processing
speed was comparable among US and East Asian children at the youngest
age (similar to 4.5years), it developed more rapidly in some but not all
of the East Asian samples. Results are discussed in terms of factors
that may promote more rapid development of processing speed in some East
Asian cultures.
PD MAY
PY 2013
VL 16
IS 3
BP 476
EP 483
ER