Research within the dual-process framework have repeatedly suggested that individuals thinking style can predict theirperformance on reasoning, judgment, decision making, and acceptance of religious and paranormal statements. However,some studies also suggested that the link between analytical thinking and epistemically unwarranted beliefs was peculiar toso-called WEIRD societies. The present study aimed to explore the possible cultural (Western and Eastern) difference onthe relationship between performance and style of our thinking. Participants were presented with various tasks includingbelief bias, denominator neglect bias, numeracy, temporal discounting, risk preference, and paranormal belief. They werealso presented with tasks measuring their thinking styles (CRT and Rational-Experiential Inventory). Results showedthat the effects of thinking style on heuristics-bias and decision-making tasks were almost similar between two cultures,however we find a significant style-culture interaction in paranormal beliefs. This may suggest a cultural difference of therole of analytical thinking on belief-based response
