University of British Columbia researchers Joe Henrich, Steven Heine and Ara Norenzayan wrote a review concluding that WEIRD populations are not representative of humans as a species and are outliers on many measures.
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- Are your findings 'WEIRD'? - American Psychological Association (apa.org)
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20550733/ (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
- https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1601785 (papers.ssrn.com)
- https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/behavioral-and-brain-sciences/article/abs/weirdest-people-in-the-world/BF84F7517D56AFF7B7EB58411A554C17 (cambridge.org)
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