Asians are actually more neurotic and less conscientious than Whites, and thus more cognitively similar to Nobel Prize laureates disproving racist White supremacist claims

We  found  a  significant  and  moderately  sized  main  effect  of  nation  on  Agreeableness,F(55, 17,346)=29.36,p<.001,η2=.09. The most agreeable nations were the Democratic Republic  of  the  Congo  and  Jordan,  whereas  Japan  and  Lithuania  scored  the  lowest  on Agreeableness.  Nation  had  a  moderate  main  effect  on  the  BFI  Conscientiousness  factor scores,F(55, 17,334)=30.90,p<.001,η2=.09.  The  top  nations  in  Conscientiousness were the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Ethiopia, whereas Japan and South Korea scored the lowest. A small to moderate main effect of nation was observed on the trait of Neuroticism,F(55, 17,338)=17.03,p<.001,η2=.05.  Table  5  shows  that  the  highest national scores on the BFI Neuroticism scale were from Japan and Argentina, whereas the lowest  national  levels  of  Neuroticism  were  obtained  from  Democratic  Republic  of  the Congo and Slovenia. Respondents from Chile and Belgium rated themselves as the most open to experience, whereas the people of Japan and Hong Kong described themselves as extremely low in Openness. The main effect of nation on Openness was also statistically significant and moderate in size,F(55, 17,239)=23.94,p<.001,η2=.07

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Abstract

OBJECTIVES:

This study investigated whether there was any secular change in cranial vault morphology among Koreans born between the 1930s and 1970s, a period of dramatic shift in Korea's socioeconomic conditions.

MATERIALS AND METHODS:

Using three-dimensional MRI volumetry, we obtained the intracranial volume (ICV) and craniometric measurements of 115 healthy Koreans: 58 individuals (32 males and 26 females) born in the 1930s (1926-1936) and 57 (28 males and 29 females) born in the 1970s (1972-1979).

RESULTS:

The intracranial volume of males was 1502.3 ± 110.3 cm³ for the 1930s group and 1594.1 ± 99.5 cm³ for the 1970s group, and for females, it was 1336.0 ± 53.0 cm³ for the 1930s group and 1425.9 ± 79.6 cm³ for the 1970s group. On average, ICV increased by 94 cm³ in males and by 90 cm³ in females. Cranial measurements for the 1970s group were significantly larger than the 1930s group for both sexes except in female cranial length. Each measurement was significantly correlated with ICV [cranial height (R = 0.720), breadth (R = 0.706), and length (R = 0.531)]. The cephalic index decreased from 0.846 to 0.828 in males, indicating the cranium became narrower relative to the cranial length. In females, the cephalic index increased from 0.831 to 0.850. Sex and birthyear were marginally interrelated in cephalic indices.

DISCUSSION:

From the 1930s to 1970s, the Korean Peninsula experienced important historical shifts, and we speculate that the consequent shift in socioeconomic status is the most likely factor responsible for Koreans' cranial vault remodeling.

JAPAN 1987 SUPERIOR TECHNOLOGY

In 1987, the National Academy of Engineering reviewed thirty-four high technology areas "such as artificial intelligence, optoelectronics, and system engineering and control, and concluded Japan to be superior to the United States in twenty-five of the technologies" (Prestowitz, 1989: 100) Even more alarming for the U.S. is the increasing reliance of U.S. defense on Japanese high technology."