How you remember dance steps depends on culture: I think step to the left, you think step to the east
Monday, December 14, 2009 - 13:28
in Psychology & Sociology
Even the way people remember dance moves depends on the culture they come from, according to a new article. Whereas a German or other Westerner might think in terms of "step to the right, step to the left," a nomadic hunter-gatherer from Namibia might think something more like "step to the east, step to the west."