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The multicultural mind as an epistemological test and extension for the thinking through other minds approach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 May 2020

George I. Christopoulos Open the ORCID record for George I. Christopoulos [Opens in a new window]  and
Ying-yi Hong Open the ORCID record for Ying-yi Hong [Opens in a new window]
George I. Christopoulos
Affiliation:
Culture Science Innovations, Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore. cgeorgios@ntu.edu.sg www.deonlabblog.com
Ying-yi Hong
Affiliation:
Department of Marketing, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong. yyhong@cuhk.edu.hk http://www.yingyihong.org/hong-ying-yi.html
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Abstract

The multicultural experience (i.e., multicultural individuals and cross-cultural experiences) offers the intriguing possibility for (i) an empirical examination of how free-energy principles explain dynamic cultural behaviors and pragmatic cultural phenomena and (ii) a challenging but decisive test of thinking through other minds (TTOM) predictions. We highlight that TTOM needs to treat individuals as active cultural agents instead of passive learners.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 43 , 2020 , e97
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press

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