Cognitive Skills Differ Across Cultures and Generations

18th October, 2017

20 October 2017, Newsletter, School Psych

[Source: Science Daily]

An innovative study of children and parents in both Hong Kong and the United Kingdom, led by University of Cambridge researchers Michelle R. Ellefson and Claire Hughes, reveals cultural differences in important cognitive skills among adolescent participants but not their parents. The results are published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.

“Our findings showed substantial contrast between adolescents in the United Kingdom and Hong Kong when it came to executive functions, which may help to explain substantial differences in academic success,” says Ellefson. “However, these differences do not extend to their parents — which leads to the question of whether these differences might go away over time.”

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