As markets globalize, the ability to bridge cultural gaps has evolved from a “nice to have” soft skill into a core strategic ...

A Miami University graduate student has found distinct cross-cultural differences in the use of the increasingly popular emoji images used in text messaging and other digital communication. LaCount ...

In today's world, telecommunications and global connectivity have witnessed an unprecedented increase, making intercultural communication an unavoidable reality. A concerning aspect of such ...

A new UCLA study challenges long-standing research claims that people of East Asian and European origins perform differently on a well-known visual perception test. The rod-and-frame task asks viewers ...

Some of the differences are truly remarkable (White, 2020). Africans who grow up in rural villages are much less susceptible to the Müller-Lyer illusion than Europeans who grow up in cities. The ...

Cultural differences are everywhere. Understanding these differences is now a basic life skill for all of us, not just for missionaries or world travelers. This book offers a brief, critical overview ...

I grew up in the US but have lived in Europe for the past seven years. It's always seemed that, in general, people in the US connect based on similarities. But in my conversations in Europe, I've ...

In May of this year (2024), a colleague and I traveled with a group of 15 American college students to Tokyo, Japan. The trip was part of an honors course on play across cultures. Before leaving, the ...

The second you step off the plane, one thing becomes abundantly clear: the UK and the US may share a language but culturally, they actually couldn’t be more different. From how loud people talk in ...

A Miami University graduate student has found distinct cross-cultural differences in the use of the increasingly popular emoji images used in text messaging and other digital communication. LaCount ...