One Label or Two? Linguistic Influences on the Similarity Judgment of Objects between English and Japanese Speakers

One Label or Two? Linguistic Influences on the Similarity Judgment of Objects between English and Japanese Speakers

Recent findings have re-examined the linguistic influence on cognition and perception, while identifying evidence that supports the Whorfian hypothesis. We examine how English and Japanese speakers perceive similarity of pairs of objects, by using two sets of stimuli: one in which two distinct lingu...

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Main Authors: Takahiko Masuda, Keiko Ishii, Koji Miwa, Marghalara Rashid, Hajin Lee, Rania Mahdi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
similarity judgment
ordinary objects
Japanese speakers
English speakers
Whorfian hypothesis
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01637/full

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