In a new article, a team of researchers analyze how to avoid misinterpreting correlations in cross-cultural studies. The researchers identify three sources of non-independence in cultural variables -- ...

Several years ago, I supervised the Master's thesis of Louis Ho, one of my former graduate students. Louis and I were interested in investigating whether cultures might possess traits that either ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) — People’s cultural worldviews play a part in how they respond to wildfire risk, and should be taken into account in efforts to get homeowners to engage in pre-fire mitigation ...

Many cultural traits are not transmitted independently, but together as a package. This can happen because, for example, media may store information together making it more likely to be transmitted ...

“Cancel” culture, by very definition, is the mass backlash to individuals that take actions deemed unfit by the public, in usually forms of social media. “Canceling” someone is a way anyone online ...

Unlike the very mature and advanced studies of China and Chinese culture in Europe, for sinologist Eyup Saritas from Turkey, the country, though it has a long and friendly relationship with China ...

A common parasite found in cats may be affecting human behavior on a mass scale, according to a scientist based at the University of California, Santa Barbara. A common parasite found in cats may be ...

DETROIT -- Customers generally want reliable vehicles at affordable prices, but a California market research firm this week suggested there also is a strong cultural aspect to car buying. Attitudes, ...