Nature and human nature:How we see our place in the world depends on where in the world we're from.

As kids, we usually learn about nature from a decidedly human point of view. The world exists in relation to us. The conventional wisdom has been that this is a universal way the mind develops its awareness of the natural world. But an eclectic group of researchers are challenging that. The team is made up of psychologists from Northwestern University, and researchers from the Menominee Reservation and the American Indian Center of Chicago. They started looking carefully at the way Native and non-Native children come to learn about nature. They found some distinctive differences. Megan Bang's research is prominently featured.