The ways in which we think about and perceive information are affected by our individual backgrounds and surrounding environments. Our minds and mental processes are always situated within a greater context, or culture.
Our research focuses on how culture influences cognition and vice versa. In particular, we explore the acquisition of culture cognitively and acquisition of culturally-influenced cognitive patterns in terms of their underlying mechanisms. We are particularly interested in within-culture variation and the flexibility of culturally-influenced cognitive biases as a function of this.