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The Whorfian Brain : Neuroscientific Approaches to Linguistic Relativity

Athanasopoulos, Panos LU and Casaponsa, Aina (2020) In Cognitive Neuropsychology 37(5-6). p.393-412
Abstract
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 contribute to the extent and nature of any observable influence of language on perception. The current paper demonstrates that such understanding is significantly enhanced by moving the evidentiary basis toward a more biologically grounded empirical arena. We review recent neuroscientific evidence using a variety of methodological techniques that reveal the functional organisation and temporal distribution of the ubiquitous relationship between language and cognitive processing in the human brain.
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Language, perception, categorization, inguistic relativity, Whorf
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Cognitive Neuropsychology
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37
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5-6
pages
393 - 412
publisher
Taylor & Francis
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  • scopus:85086587704
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0264-3294
DOI
10.1080/02643294.2020.1769050
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English
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