NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institute for FY 2012 in Singapore

这一行动资助弗吉尼亚大学的伊丽莎白·安吉尔伯特进行了一项研究项目，题为“想象结果如何不同，是否可以解释我们如何决定责怪谁的跨文化差异？“2012年夏天在新加坡的南洋理工大学。 主持科学家邱志跃，研究项目的学术价值在于探讨思维方式中的文化因素，更好地了解东亚人对因果关系和责任的思考是否与美国人不同。具体来说，想象不良后果本可以避免的方式的过程是否会影响东亚人责怪环境而不是个人的倾向？ EAPSI奖学金的更广泛的影响包括为研究员提供美国以外的第一手研究经验;介绍各自所在地的科学，科学政策和科学基础设施;以及社会，文化和语言的方向。 这些活动符合NSF的目标，即在科学家，工程师和教育工作者的职业生涯早期进行国际合作教育，从而确保具有全球意识的美国科学工作者。

This action funds Elizabeth Ann Gilbert of The University of Virginia to conduct a research project, entitled "Does imagining how outcomes could have been different explain cross-cultural differences in how we decide whom to blame?" during the summer of 2012 at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. The host scientist is Chi-Yue Chiu.The Intellectual Merit of the research project is to explore cultural factors in styles of thinking and better understand whether East Asians think about causation and blame differently than Americans do. Specifically, does the process of imagining the ways that bad outcomes could have been prevented affect East Asians' tendency to blame the environment rather than the individual? Broader Impacts of an EAPSI fellowship include providing the Fellow a first-hand research experience outside the U.S.; an introduction to the science, science policy, and scientific infrastructure of the respective location; and an orientation to the society, culture and language. These activities meet the NSF goal to educate for international collaborations early in the career of its scientists, engineers, and educators, thus ensuring a globally aware U.S. scientific workforce.