(Published online: 26 December 2005; | doi:10.1038/news051219-18)

Language colours vision

The left brain may view the world through the prism of language.

Charlotte Schubert

The language-loving left hemisphere of the brain can spot different colours faster than it can identify different shades of the same colour.

Our perception of colours can depend on whether we view them from the left or the right, scientists have found. They say this demonstrates how language can alter the way we see the world.....


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