Words Affect Our Reality - On The Right

Posted by jamie on Wednesday February 1, 2006 @06:00AM from the theory-of-the-mobius dept.

The Whorf hypothesis claims that one's native language influences perception and thought. Researchers at UC-Berkeley and U-Chicago reasoned that, since language is predominantly processed in the left hemisphere of the brain, any effect on perception should have an effect predominantly on the right visual field, which is also processed on the left. After comparing reaction times for hues of blue-green -- colors with distinct names in one language but not another -- they concluded, in a just-published paper, that the Whorf hypothesis holds for the right visual field, but not the left.

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The image file by p3d0 · 2006-02-01 06:25 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I wonder why the offer the sample image as a 2MB JPG file instead of a 10KB PNG (or a 2KB SVG!).

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The Whorf hypothesis... by DoofusOfDeath · 2006-02-01 06:33 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Formally stated, it's, "Yes, you CAN be half-Klingon and still have an embarassingly sensitive demeanor."