Erratum: Commentary: "Large-scale psychological differences within China explained by rice vs. wheat agriculture".

Shihu Hu,Zhiguo Yuan

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00489

Abstract

[This corrects the article on p. 603 in vol. 344, PMID: 24812395.].

Highlights

Advanced Water Management Centre, Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
We found that, (1) In Northern China, corn and wheat are important crops, and in many provinces corn is more widely planted than wheat; (2) Similar to wheat, the percentage of corn farm is negatively correlated, r(27) = −0.60, P < 0.001, to that of rice at the provincial level; (3) In several provinces that were categorized by the authors as “wheat provinces” e.g., Jilin and Liaoning provinces, there were many more rice fields than wheat (Figure 1)
These results suggest that there would be an equal chance for corn farming to affect population psychology in Northern China

Summary

Introduction

Advanced Water Management Centre, Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia. “Large-scale psychological differences within China explained by rice vs wheat agriculture” by Talhelm, T., Zhang, X., Oishi, S., Shimin, C., Duan, D., Lan, X., et al (2014). Talhelm et al (2014) reported an interesting investigation on the psychological differences between Southern and Northern Han Chinese populations in China.

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