The authors of your text present a study by Masuda and his colleagues (2008) that examined cultural differences in social perception. They compared how participants perceived a central character when the surrounding characters in a picture either matched or mismatched the central character's facial expression. What implications does this study have for the idea of analytic and holistic thinking styles?

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The study found that participants from Japan, who tend to have a more holistic thinking style, were more influenced by the surrounding characters' facial expressions when perceiving the central character's emotions. This implies that holistic thinking leads people to more carefully consider social context. It does not suggest that one thinking style is inherently better or more primitive than the other, nor does it imply that analytic thinking is erroneous in social contexts.

The Authors of Your Text Present a Study by Masuda