Several studies conducted by nisbett and his colleagues involved showing participants two similar pictures and asking them to find the differences between them. nisbett and colleagues found that east asian participants were more likely to focus on and western participants focused more on . context and how objects relate to each other; properties of objects and foregroundb. properties of objects and foreground; context and how objects relate to each otherc. context and how objects relate to each other; details such as size of the control towerd. properties of objects and foreground; details such as number of windows in the airplane