And when looking at scenes, Westerners tend to focus on central objects more than on their surroundings.

I see more in them.

The eye can accommodate itself to seeing objects at different distances.

When Easterners take in a scene, they tend to focus more on the context as well as the object: the whole block, say, rather than the BMW parked in the foreground.

The scenery isn't the only thing that changes during the winter season, though. Today's Moment of Science is about how winter transforms the way the environment sounds.