Cross-cultural generalizability is an empirical question

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Shawn K.S. Chan, Wilson Cyrus-Lai, Michael Schaerer, Robbie C.M. Van Aert, Marcel Van Assen, Eric Luis Uhlmann

2026 Behavioral and Brain Sciences Vol. 49 Article Cited by 0 Quartile

Abstract

Crowd-sourced replication initiatives reveal that cultural differences in findings, while undoubtedly important in some cases, are often smaller and less systematic than assumed. This makes empirical testing, rather than presumption, exigent. The extent to which developmental psychology theories generalize across cultures is an empirical question, best answered via small- and large-scale collaborations between partner laboratories across the world. © The Author(s), 2026. Published by Cambridge University Press.

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INSEAD, Singapore, France; Singapore Management University, Singapore; Tilburg University, Netherlands

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