The Whorf hypothesis holds that we view the world filtered through the semantic categories
of our native language. Over the years, consensus has oscillated between embrace and …

In this review, we synthesize the existing literature demonstrating the dynamic interplay
between conceptual knowledge and visual perceptual processing. We consider two …

There are between 4,000 and 6,000 languages remaining in the world and the
characteristics of these languages vary widely. How could an infant born today master any …

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 …

Categorical perception provides a potential link between color perception and the linguistic
categories that correspond to the basic color terms. We examined whether the sensory …

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 areas of the brain that encode color categorically have not yet been reliably identified.
Here, we used functional MRI adaptation to identify neuronal populations that represent …

Modern approaches to the Whorfian linguistic relativity question have reframed it from one of
whether language shapes our thinking or not, to one that tries to understand the factors that …

According to the lateralized category effect for color, the influence of color category borders
on color perception in fast reaction time tasks is significantly stronger in the right visual field …

How are colour categories related to perception and language? To answer this question, we
review research on the neural correlates of colour categories, and categorical responses in …