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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Cross-Cultural Psychology

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  • Cross-cultural interactions can lead to misunderstandings.
  • Mental state inference (mindreading) is crucial for social interaction.
  • Previous research has not fully explored cultural influences on mindreading.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate whether the cultural identity of a target influences adults' mental state inferences.
  • To determine if mindreading performance differs between intra-cultural and cross-cultural contexts.

Main Methods:

  • Adapted the 'Strange Stories' task to create matched intra-cultural and cross-cultural mindreading conditions.
  • Included control conditions to assess general task comprehension.
  • Conducted two experiments with Australian participants and a second experiment including Chilean participants.

Main Results:

  • Participants were faster and more accurate in mindreading tasks involving targets from their own cultural background compared to those from different cultures.
  • Performance in control conditions did not differ significantly across cultural contexts.
  • Replicated findings across two independent samples, strengthening the results.

Conclusions:

  • The cultural identity of the target significantly influences adults' ability to infer mental states.
  • Cross-cultural differences in mindreading performance highlight the role of shared cultural background in social cognition.
  • Findings have implications for improving cross-cultural communication and reducing misunderstandings.