Diversity as Asset.
We begin our commentary by summarizing the commonalities and differences in cognitive phenomena across cultures, as found by the seven papers of this topic. We then assess the commonalities and differences in how our various authors have approached the study of cognitive diversity, and speculate on the need for, and potential of, cross-disciplinary collaboration.
Department of Psychosocial Science, University of Bergen.
Andrea
A
Bender
Department of Psychosocial Science, University of Bergen.
Sieghard
S
Beller
Department of Psychology, Harvard University.
Nancy J
NJ
Nersessian
D000883:Anthropology; D000884:Anthropology, Cultural / Q000379:methods; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D019336:Cognitive Science / Q000379:methods*; D057186:Comparative Effectiveness Research / Q000379:methods; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D007802:Language
Anthropology; Cognition; Cognitive diversity; Cognitive science; Culture; Ethnography; Language; Quantitative versus qualitative methods