Claim THR-16
Claim THR-16
The language you grow up in measurably affects how quickly you tell some colours apart.
- Its mark
- Known. Supported by robust, replicated evidence and accepted by the relevant scientific mainstream. Solid ground.
- Basis
- finding. A claim about how the world is, answerable to evidence.
- Where it appears in the book
- Chapter 17, The Cost of Belonging and the Price of Exile and Chapter 25, The Prisoner Who Thinks He Is Free
- How it was checked
- Checked from reference; source to be re-checked
Sources
- Winawer, J., Witthoft, N., Frank, M. C., et al. (2007). Russian blues reveal effects of language on color discrimination. PNAS, 104(19), 7780-7785. DOI 10.1073/pnas.0701644104
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