Does language change what we perceive? Does speaking different languages cause us to
perceive things differently? We review the behavioral and electrophysiological evidence for …

Well over half a century ago, Benjamin Lee Whorf [Carroll JB (1956) Language, Thought,
and Reality: Selected Writings of Benjamin Lee Whorf (MIT Press, Cambridge, MA)] …

How does language impact cognition and perception? A growing number of studies show
that language, and specifically the practice of labeling, can exert extremely rapid and …

The question of whether language affects perception has been debated largely on the basis
of cross-language data, without considering the functional organization of the brain. The …

In this chapter we consider the question of whether the language one speaks affects one's
thinking. We discuss arguments showing that language cannot be taken to be the vehicle of …

Humans live in a perceptual world. All of humanity's accomplishments, from agriculture to
space travel, depend on us being able to interact with the world through seeing, feeling …

People use language to shape each other9s behavior in highly flexible ways. Effects of
language are often assumed to be “high-level” in that, whereas language clearly influences …

The effect of language on the categorical perception of color is stronger for stimuli in the right
visual field (RVF) than in the left visual field, but the neural correlates of the behavioral RVF …

Previous studies have shown that the effect of language on categorical perception of color is
stronger when stimuli are presented in the right visual field than in the left. To examine …

The validity of the linguistic relativity principle continues to stimulate vigorous debate and
research. The debate has recently shifted from the behavioural investigation arena to a more …