'East Asians seem to have a more holistic pattern of attention, perceiving people in terms of the relationships to others,' says Masuda. 'People raised in the North American tradition often find it easy to isolate a person from its surroundings, while East Asians are accustom to read the air 'kuuki wo yomu' of the situation through their cultural practices, and as a result, they think that even surrounding people's facial expressions are an informative source to understand the particular person's emotion.'
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