Outliers: The Story of Success · chapter 8 · id outliers-c8-09-the-research-by-talhelm-et-al-

“The research by Talhelm et al. (2014) in Science found that people from historical rice-farming regions in China showed more collectivist thinking, interdependent social orientation, and holistic thought patterns than those from wheat-farming regions, providing some empirical support for rice-culture effects.”

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Historically rice-farming societies have tighter social norms in China and worldwide. Rice farming, which requires more coordinated labor, predicted tighter social norms both within China and across 33 countries.

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