Further evidence that Whorfian effects are stronger in the right visual field than the left.

@article{citeulike:1206385, abstract = {The Whorf hypothesis holds that differences between languages induce differences in perception and/or cognition in their speakers. Much of the experimental work pursuing this idea has focused on the domain of color and has centered on the issue of whether linguistically coded color categories influence color discrimination. A new perspective has been cast on the debate by recent results that suggest that language influences color discrimination strongly in the right visual field but not in the left visual field (LVF). This asymmetry is likely related to the contralateral projection of visual fields to cerebral hemispheres and the specialization of the left hemisphere for language. The current study presents three independent experiments that replicate and extend these earlier results by using different tasks and testing across different color category boundaries. Our results differ in one respect: although we find that Whorfian effects on color are stronger for stimuli in the right visual field than in the LVF, we find that there are significant category effects in the LVF as well. The origin of the significant category effect in the LVF is considered, and two factors that might account for the pattern of results are proposed.}, address = {Department of Psychology, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH, United Kingdom.}, author = {Drivonikou, G. V. and Kay, P. and Regier, T. and Ivry, R. B. and Gilbert, A. L. and Franklin, A. and Davies, I. R. }, citeulike-article-id = {1206385}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0610132104}, issn = {0027-8424}, journal = {Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A}, keywords = {jc-pnas}, month = {January}, number = {3}, pages = {1097--1102}, posted-at = {2007-04-04 17:01:46}, priority = {2}, title = {Further evidence that Whorfian effects are stronger in the right visual field than the left.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0610132104}, volume = {104}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1206385 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1206385 TI - Further evidence that Whorfian effects are stronger in the right visual field than the left. JF - Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A VL - 104 IS - 3 SP - 1097 EP - 1102 AD - Department of Psychology, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH, United Kingdom. SN - 0027-8424 N2 - The Whorf hypothesis holds that differences between languages induce differences in perception and/or cognition in their speakers. Much of the experimental work pursuing this idea has focused on the domain of color and has centered on the issue of whether linguistically coded color categories influence color discrimination. A new perspective has been cast on the debate by recent results that suggest that language influences color discrimination strongly in the right visual field but not in the left visual field (LVF). This asymmetry is likely related to the contralateral projection of visual fields to cerebral hemispheres and the specialization of the left hemisphere for language. The current study presents three independent experiments that replicate and extend these earlier results by using different tasks and testing across different color category boundaries. Our results differ in one respect: although we find that Whorfian effects on color are stronger for stimuli in the right visual field than in the LVF, we find that there are significant category effects in the LVF as well. The origin of the significant category effect in the LVF is considered, and two factors that might account for the pattern of results are proposed. KW - jc-pnas AU - Drivonikou, GV AU - Kay, P AU - Regier, T AU - Ivry, RB AU - Gilbert, AL AU - Franklin, A AU - Davies, IR PY - 2007/01/16/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0610132104 ER -