Whorf was half-right on his hypothesis that language affects perception. It seems that once you have a word for a color, you can recognize it faster because the left hemisphere of your brain takes over the perception duties.
But after presenting his hypothesis, he was beaten up by the monster of the week.
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Date: 2012-09-26 06:27 pm (UTC)