A Little About Americans, Chinese and Japanese

A simple study of blocks concluded that Americans are more individualistic, therefore harder to understand others, whereas the Chinese function more as a collective. Meanwhile, another
study indicated that Japanese look at the eyes of the person they talk to while the Americans look at the mouth. Hence, a Japanese talking to an American will cause some confusion and misunderstanding... :O

For an in-depth view of this, check out LiveScience "Study: Americans Don't Understand Others"