Editing Cognitive development (section)

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Behavioral research has shown that one's strength in independent (tasks which are focused on influencing others or oneself) or interdependent tasks (tasks where one changes their own behavior to favor others) differ based on their cultural context. In general, East Asian cultures are more interdependent whereas Western cultures are more independent. Hedden et al. assessed functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) responses of East Asians and Americans while they performed independent (absolute) or interdependent (relative) tasks. The study showed that participants used regions of the brain associated with attentional control when they had to perform culturally incongruent tasks. In other words, neural paths used for the same task were different for Americans and East Asians.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Hedden | first1 = T. | last2 = Ketay | first2 = S. | last3 = Aron | first3 = A. | last4 = Markus | first4 = H. R. | last5 = Gabrieli | first5 = J. D. E. | year = 2008 | title = Cultural influences on neural substrates of attentional control | journal = Psychological Science | volume = 19 | issue = 1| pages = 12–17 | doi=10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02038.x | pmid = 18181784| s2cid = 14439636 }}</ref>