Does categorical perception in the left hemisphere depend on language?

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 439-443

  Holmes, Kevin J ^a   Wolff, Phillip ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Categorical perception; Categorization; Language and thought; Left hemisphere; Object perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COLOR VISION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; BRAIN; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MALE; REACTION TIME; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84872131728     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027289     Document Type: Article

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